Roma relocation scores Romania mayor a major vote win

[microrobert]

Roma relocation scores Romania mayor a major vote win

BUCHAREST - A Romanian mayor, criticised by rights groups for relocating Roma gypsy families and building a concrete wall to separate off a Roma neighbourhood, scored the biggest share of the vote in local elections, official data showed on Thursday.

Catalin Chereches, the incumbent 33-year-old mayor of Baia Mare, won 86 percent in Sunday's election, which was held just days after local authorities relocated dozens of Roma families to the administrative buildings of a dismantled copper plant.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/romania-roma-idUSL5E8HE6F020120614

[Incal]

Wasn't something similar done in the Czech Republic too?

[Daos]

At the beginning of the article he is almost portrayed as a far-right extremist, but what he is doing is helping those savages by giving them homes and paying for their commodities with our city's funds, to which they do not contribute one bit.


"There must be a process in place that gives all residents the chance to participate in any decisions that will affect their lives, and allows for them to genuinely participate without fear, harassment or intimidation," rights groups Amnesty International and Romani CRISS said in a statement.

Oh, yes, I cannot wait for more gypsies to have a say in the way our country is run... I believe the gypsy mafia is enough of an influence, thank you very much!