According to László Kövér, Hungary and Transylvanian Hungarians have a duty to help the Csángó Hungarian brothers in saving souls. The President of the Parliament spoke about this in Csíkszereda at the ceremonial handover of the Csangó dormitory, built with the support of the Hungarian government, on October 8.
László Kövér said: if a community is systematically and consciously deprived of the right and possibility of mother-tongue education and religious life in the mother-tongue in the long term, if it is prevented from developing its own intellectuality, if janissary leaders are planted around its neck, and if they try to suppress the sense of national belonging inherited from the ancestors by all means , then the affected community is a victim of soul kidnapping.
"Throughout history, the Moldavian Csangó-Hungarian community has been the victim of such a painful soul-robbing," said the politician. He added: today's Hungarians, Szeklers, Hungary and Transylvanian Hungarians have a duty to help the Csángó Hungarian brothers in saving souls.
According to László Kövér, saving souls must begin with "helping to raise the sense of national identity and belonging that has escaped into the instincts into the consciousness". The basis of this is the provision of mother-tongue education and training for the Csangó Hungarians.
He recalled that in Csíkszereda, already in 1990, the saving of souls, the enrollment of young people from Csángó who wanted to learn Hungarian language into the educational institutions operating in the city, began institutionally. According to him, this was due to the Székely sense of responsibility, the love and expertise of the Hungarian teachers in Székelyföld. He believed that the city had the foundation on which the Csangó college could be built.
The Speaker of the House expressed his hope that the Csángó college in Csíkszereda will become a model institution and serve as a model for Csángó Hungarian colleges to be established in other Transylvanian cities.
László Tóth, Consul General in Csíkszereda, László Kövér, President of the Parliament, and László Polgár, President of the Association of Moldavian Csángó Hungarians, can be seen at the inauguration of the Csángó college in Csíkszereda, built with the support of the Hungarian government, on October 8, 2021.
Attila Korodi, the mayor of Csíkszereda, stated: the college is a guarantee that there will continue to be students from Moldova in the schools and streets of the city.
Csaba Borboly, the president of the Hargita county municipality, said: even if there was no will, according to the existing Romanian legislation, the municipalities would not have been able to create such an institution. The politician added: the Hungarian government has done its job, now it is the turn of the city and the county to help the operation of the institution and the prosperity of the young people studying in Csíkszereda.
László Pogár, the president of the Association of Moldavian Csángó Hungarians (MCSMSZ), said with emotion that he and his brothers studied in Csíkszereda, in modest circumstances. He added: he feels at the opening ceremony of the dormitory like a small child who sees the Christmas lights come on and all his wishes have been fulfilled.
The Csangó dormitory in Csíkszereda can accommodate 56 students. The building was purchased by MCSMSZ and transformed into a dormitory with the financial support of the Hungarian state.
Source: MTI
Photo: MTI/Nándor Veres
