The symbols of more than thirty Hungarian settlements in Transylvania were adopted with Bucharest

Last year, the Romanian Hungarian Democratic Association (RMDSZ) adopted the coats of arms and flags of more than thirty Hungarian settlements in Transylvania with the Bucharest government, obtaining a legal guarantee for the free use of the symbols, according to the annual summary of the Romanian specialized portfolio, which was presented by RMDSZ.

"We multiplied the work in this area and opened the branch that had been closed for years, in which the applications of Hungarian-inhabited settlements were kept," the RMDSZ statement quoted Minister of Development and Public Administration Attila Cseke as saying.

While the government approved a total of thirty requests for flags and coats of arms in Romania in the year before the RMDSZ became involved in the government, in 2021 the department presented 112 coats of arms and flags to the cabinet. The head of the ministry emphasized that 35 of these are successes of the Transylvanian Hungarian community: two Transylvanian counties and 33 Transylvanian Hungarian settlements have obtained a legal guarantee for the free use of coats of arms and flags, and they will continue this work this year.

"RMDSZ fights for the free use of symbols by the Hungarian community. The coat of arms and flag officialized by the government is a guarantee for this. These decisions are important because no one can take down the displayed flag, no one can fine any Hungarian community for proudly and freely using the coat of arms and flag of their homeland," Attila Cseke pointed out.

Romanian municipalities apply to the Ministry of Development and Public Administration for the acceptance of local symbols after consultation with the vexillology and heraldry committee, and the local council decided on this issue. The department then submits the symbols to the government, which confirms their legal use in a decision.

At the initiative of the RMDSZ, in 2021, among others, Apáca, Barátos, Bogdánd, Csíkcicsó, Csíkszentmárton, Csíkszereda, Érmihályfalva, Gyergyószentmiklós, Gyimesközéplok, Jedd, Kányád, Kerelőszentpál, Kézdiszentlélek, Kézdivásárhely, Kökös, Kommandó, Kovászna county, Kovászna city, Kraszna, Magyáró , Málnás, Mezőpetri, Mezőterem, Nyárádszereda, Sarmaság, Sepsiszentgyörgy, Szatmárnémeti, Székelyudvarhely, Szilágycseh, Szilágynagyfalu, Temes county, Tusnád, Uzon, Vámosgálfalva and Végvár have been approved by the Bucharest government - the announcement highlighted.

MTI

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