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"en.20060904.17.1-042"2
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"I would like to say a few words regarding Ján Slota's announcement about adopting a principle of zero tolerance towards Roma people, because all summer I have been thinking about how important it is for us to finally talk about the insults being cast at the Roma.
Ján Slota asserted his anti-Hungarian and anti-Roma views with impunity during the election campaign in Slovakia this spring more and more vociferously, a fact which we have drawn attention to on a number of occasions. This widely known nationalist party leader, who is deliberately inciting anti-Roma sentiments among the Slovak population with his unconstitutional and prejudiced utterances, has already taken up his duties as a member of the Slovak Government, as a coalition partner. Similar utterances during Meciar's government had almost irreversible consequences for Slovakia's Roma population.
According to estimates, there are currently 800 000 Roma living in Slovakia under very difficult social and economic circumstances. The most important task facing the country and the government is to put an end to the Roma’s exclusion. However, they fail to do so. The current political atmosphere is justifiably frightening and uncertain for the Roma population and other minorities living in Slovakia, who suffer direct or indirect prejudice every day. However, these typical utterances from Ján Slota cannot be allowed in a democracy under any circumstances."@en1
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