Richard Sulík





Leader of Pospolitosť Kotleba is the hero of the day

10. 08. 2009   |   translated by Marek Zemaník


Saturday’s coverage of the events in Šarišské Michaľany was scarily reminiscent of the scenes we saw at the candle demonstration in 1988 with the difference being the colour of the water cannon and the fact that the policemen looked like they belonged in a sci-fi movie. The defenders of the law daringly managed to beat up a few people, spray water all over them and apprehend the former leader of the Slovenská Pospolitosť (Slovak Brotherhood) Marián Kotleba. The problem is that Kotleba is not some “brainless buff”, who cannot count to five, but someone who knows his basic rights and freedoms, and so he, totally unnecessarily, attracted a lot of attention and also got support of the local population. They clearly stood by his side that day. A member of the police in his sheriff-style black glasses said that the situation was under control, which probably meant that the local whites will also get some police action.



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A much bigger problem is, of course, the Roma question, which has successfully been ignored for the last 20 years. Our state is not able to enforce the law everywhere and tolerates injustices in Roma villages. At the same time our “salon intellectuals” managed to bring about a time, where to utter the word Gypsy is almost an offence and someone who only demands a record of crime levels by racial citizenship is a racist.

And the government? It was our Prime Minister who in the year 2002 in his electoral campaign said: “If we are in government, I guarantee that a thief with an axe will not be stronger than the law and we will not care whether the offender is Roma or someone else. We also have the courage to speak about the irresponsible growth of the Roma population.” But these were only empty words again, what else could one expect of a man who was never responsible for anything. The only thing he managed to do was to increase the social benefits given with the birth of the first three children to 75 thousand Slovak crowns. I assume this was part of the fight against the irresponsible growth of the Roma population.


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