For the fourth time, the Romanian National Anti-Discrimination Council (CNCD) reprimanded the mayor's office of Székelykeresztúr, which is inhabited by 97.9 percent Hungarian native speakers, because of the local newspaper published only in Hungarian.

The whistleblower Dan Tanasa , a member of parliament of the Association for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), reported on the condemning decision on his blog on Thursday. The politician, who is famous for his lawsuits against Hungarian symbols and inscriptions in Székelyföld, considered it unheard of that the CNCD led by Csaba Asztalos could not persuade the mayor's office of the small town in Székelyföld to publish information in Romanian in its free monthly publication, Keresztúri Kisváros .

As the whistleblower recalled: the anti-discrimination council first reprimanded the mayor's office for this in February 2013, then another warning followed in March 2016, in which they called on Emil Rafai, the then mayor elected in the colors of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (RMDSZ), to remedy the situation within three months discrimination against Romanians. In April 2019, the council already fined the mayor 2,000 lei (150,000 forints), but Keresztúri Kisváros was still only published in Hungarian. For this reason, another complaint was filed by the Civil Association for Dignity in Europe (ADEC), founded by Dan Tanasa, and another fine of 4,000 lei (300,000 forints) by the CNCD followed.

elected the candidate of the Transylvanian Hungarian Association (EMSZ), János Hunor Koncz As Dan Tanasa writes: it falls to him to settle the situation inherited by his predecessor.

The July issue of the eight-page publication is the last one that can be found on the city's website. In it, among other things, they reported on the night of the museums, the graduation of the local school, and the meeting of the brass bands. At the same time, the list of the titles of local government decisions adopted during the month in Romanian and Hungarian was included in the newspaper.

In the most recent Romanian census in 2011, 95 percent of the population in Székelykeresztúr, which has a population of 9,650, declared themselves to be Hungarian, and 97.9 percent declared themselves to be native speakers of Hungarian. The local Roma community also designated Hungarian as their mother tongue.

Source: erdely.ma

(Cover photo: Dan Tanasa, hater of Hungarians. Photo: ziarharghita.ro)