Szegedist
06-12-2013, 09:25 AM
Ethnic Hungarians in Romania will take to the streets if the government merges Székely-dominated areas into a majority Romanian region in the upcoming reform of public administrative districts, RMDSZ president Hunor Kelemen declared yesterday.
The head of Romania’s largest ethnic Hungarian party told Radio France Internationale that people protested on the streets in 1968 and will do again in 2013.
He was referring to protests sparked when Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu moved to abolish the Mures Hungarian Autonomous Province in 1968.
Romanian politicians should overcome their paranoia, because nobody will take Harghita and Covasna counties away in bags, leaving a black hole in the middle of the country, Kelemen remarked.
He argued that ethnic considerations in the region should be taken into account.
Deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, who is in charge of the administrative reform, dismissed Kelemen’s comments as dangerous and unfair.
Forming new regions will not require passports within the country, as the new system will only co-ordinate the development projects of the affected counties, he said, adding that ethnic Hungarians have nothing to fear.
The head of Romania’s largest ethnic Hungarian party told Radio France Internationale that people protested on the streets in 1968 and will do again in 2013.
He was referring to protests sparked when Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu moved to abolish the Mures Hungarian Autonomous Province in 1968.
Romanian politicians should overcome their paranoia, because nobody will take Harghita and Covasna counties away in bags, leaving a black hole in the middle of the country, Kelemen remarked.
He argued that ethnic considerations in the region should be taken into account.
Deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, who is in charge of the administrative reform, dismissed Kelemen’s comments as dangerous and unfair.
Forming new regions will not require passports within the country, as the new system will only co-ordinate the development projects of the affected counties, he said, adding that ethnic Hungarians have nothing to fear.