Jobbik slams year-end funding for Roma self-govt
Budapest, December 22 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party on Thursday criticised the government’s granting the National Roma Self-Government (ÖRO) 1.3 billion forints (EUR 4.2m) in special year-end funding, arguing that ÖRO had failed to account for 1.6 billion forints it had received for a training and employment programme.
The leaders of ÖRO deserve jail or to have their assets seized for their failure to account for money they had received for the Roma “Bridge” employment scheme, Jobbik spokesman Péter Jakab told a press conference in front of ÖRO’s Budapest headquarters.
Jakab said the end-of year funds granted to ÖRO sends a message to the organisation’s leaders that “they are allowed to do whatever they want”. He accused the government of using the funds in question as bribery to ensure that ÖRO can get out the Roma vote for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2018, adding that “this form of election racism” was condemnable.
Photo: MTI
Source: MTI
please make a donation here
Hot news
Top Hungary news: train derailed, huge tax against short-term rentals, new train stations, Hungarians about the war, Dracula, cocktail bars — 21 October, 2024
Hungarian research could yield breakthrough in Covid-19 treatment
5+1 stylish cocktail bars in Budapest to explore with your friends after a long day
Railway stations in major Hungarian cities to be completely rebuilt with private capital
Young people planning armed attacks against protected persons in Hungary – US intelligence warns
Hungary, Laos agriculture ties strengthening: Minister Linkham Duangsavanh visits Budapest