The singing of the Hungarian national anthem caused a scandal in Slovakia

The Association of Slovak Intellectuals (Združenie slovenskej inteligencie – ZIS) filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office, because at the end of November, at the founding board meeting in Gúta, representatives sang the Hungarian national anthem. According to the association, the territorial integrity of Slovakia is threatened by the singing of the Hungarian national anthem.

The representatives sang the Hungarian national anthem upon request

At the end of November, at the founding board meeting in Gúta, representatives sang the Hungarian national anthem at the request of mayor Béla Halász, reports felvidek.ma. The mayor said that he wanted to be “the proud mayor of a proud city.” After that, he asked the representatives to sing together the Hungarian national prayer – meaning the Hungarian national anthem.

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The Association of Slovak Intellectuals filed a complaint

The Association of Slovak Intellectuals filed a compaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office beacuse of this incident. According to them, “the national anthem is played or sung during national holidays, memorial days, anniversaries and other important national or local events; the national anthem of another country is played when the official delegation of that country is present”.

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Singing the Hungarian national anthem in Slovakia violates the law?

In the opinion of the association, the city representative body is a body performing a public duty, not a natural or legal person. Therefore, this public body violated the law when it sang the national anthem of another state at its public constituent meeting, writes Index. In addition, according to the Association of Slovak Intellectuals, the mayor of Gúta and the city representatives violated the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 34 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. “The rights of national minorities and ethnic groups laid down in this constitution cannot lead to endangering the territorial unity and sovereignty of the Slovak Republic and to the discrimination of other populations”, reads the article.

No notification has yet been received about the complaint about the Hungarian national anthem

The assocation has filed a complaint, however, Halász Béla said that they have not received a notification yet. It is unknown how many members are part of the organisation, but they seem to like to use the right to petition, and are happy to submit complaints, write open letters, report anyone. The main goal of the organisation is to bring together patriots who actively participate in the development of the national character of Slovak society. And to achieve their goal, they will do everything, including reporting Hungarians because they sang the Hungarian national anthem.

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Source: felvidek.ma, Index