There is no standing still when it comes to matters of national politics and the protection of national minorities - Katalin Szili, the prime minister's representative responsible for cross-border autonomy affairs, stated in a statement sent to the Magyar Nemzet. According to her, we only need to look at the recent census results of neighboring countries and we will immediately begin to feel the weight of the time that has passed.
This is precisely why I am convinced that Hungarian national unity and mutual support is the only possible way to live with our existing rights to the fullest and to move forward, so that the Hungarian communities abroad can create new legal and administrative frameworks in their homeland according to their own will, he underlined.
As he said, looking at a three-decade perspective, we will pause today for a few thoughts on the topic of Hungarian autonomy abroad, placing one event and document of the two largest Hungarian communities abroad in the Carpathian Basin side by side, paying attention to the date of January 8. On the one hand
today is the fifth anniversary of the tripartite agreement signed by the presidents of the Transylvanian Hungarian political interest organizations, the Romanian Hungarian Democratic Union and the Hungarian Civil Party and the Transylvanian Hungarian People's Party, which have since merged under the name of the Transylvanian Hungarian Alliance.
The fact that complex solutions are needed in a traditionally complex, interethnic environment, be it territorial self-administration according to the historical borders of Székelyföld, the bilingual administrative legal status of Partium or the cultural rights of scattered regions and the preservation of their identity.
On the other hand,
today is the twenty-ninth anniversary of the Komárom assembly, in which more than three thousand mayors, local government and parliamentarians took part and were incredibly close to realizing their own self-administration for the Hungarians in the highlands.
The resolution adopted at the general assembly summarized the political characteristics of Hungarians, their demand for self-government rights and their demand for administrative and territorial reorganization, and their desired constitutional legal status, explained Katalin Szili, and then quoted the following lines from the recently deceased Miklós Duray, who was one of the central figures of the general assembly:
One of the most essential parts of the resolution is the demand for community status in connection with the Hungarians in Slovakia defining themselves from now on not as a minority, but as a national community. The resolution emphasizes that Hungarians have the right to both self-determination and self-determination within the respective state frameworks, which also means the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity.
According to the prime minister's agent, these uplifting moments of January 8 are already part of history, but the described principles, resolutions, and declarations are still part of our common heritage decades later and give us new strength.
- It's up to us to adapt our actions to them, to continue the integration of our work and Hungarians abroad, their community aspirations, and to build our national policy as a process spanning generations - he pointed out.
Source: Hungarian Nation
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