The Association of Slovak Intellectuals (Združenie slovenskje inteligenie - 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 at the request of Mayor Béla Halász. The complaint was submitted based on Felvidék.ma's on-site reporting. In this regard, a summary article about what they actually complain about was published on their website yesterday.
Apart from a few confusing factual errors, which can obviously be traced back to a lack of knowledge of the Hungarian language, bad translation, or text interpretation difficulties, the article was quoted specifically and correctly. They highlighted the part of the report in which the mayor, Béla Halász (they mistakenly, obviously, for the reasons listed above, believe that he has been the first person in the town of Csallóközi for 16 years) stated that he wants to be the proud mayor of a "proud city. After that, he asked the representatives to sing together our Hungarian national prayer" - it is noted in parentheses, as an explanation to the Slovak intellectual reader, that the Hungarian state anthem is also called a national prayer in other words.
In connection with this, ZIS submitted the following complaint with reference to the second paragraph of Section 13 of the Act on the State Symbols of the Slovak Republic and their Use, which reads as follows:
The national anthem is played or sung on national holidays, memorial days, anniversaries and other important national or local events; the national anthem of another country is played if the official delegation of that country is present. The previous sentence does not affect the right of natural and legal persons to play or sing the national anthem of another country. (torvenytar.sk)
"In our opinion, the city representative body is a body performing a public duty, not a natural or legal person, and therefore this public body violated the above-mentioned law when it sang the national anthem of another state at its public constituent meeting," they argue.
In addition, according to the organization 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 the to the discrimination of other populations. (torvenytar.sk)
"In our opinion, the actions of the mayor and members of the city council are contrary to the principle of the sovereignty of the Slovak Republic and are aimed at jeopardizing the territorial integrity of the Slovak Republic," says the ZIS.
"In the event that the violation of the law is proven, taking into account the social seriousness, we consider it necessary to impose the appropriate criminal and personal consequences against the persons involved," they write, adding that they are ready to personally provide information to the competent prosecutor of the Slovak Republic if necessary.
Béla Halász, the mayor of Gúta, said that he had not yet been notified of the complaint. We tried to find out exactly who and how many are members of the association of Slovak intellectuals, but we couldn't find an answer on their website. However, it is clear that the organization is making efforts to "protect the integrity and territorial integrity of Slovakia, as well as to unite national forces" - whatever that means.
With slightly more than 3,800 followers, they are present on the social network, where there was such a reaction to their article about the incident in Gúta, we quote:
"Deport them (the Hungarians-ed.) right away, they are a bit next to it, they belong on the other side of the Danube".
Source and full article: velvidek.ma
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