Nagy resigns as government proxy for minorities

Government proxy for minorities László Nagy (a member of opposition party Most-Híd) resigned on Wednesday, June 5.

Government proxy for minorities László Nagy (a member of opposition party Most-Híd) resigned on Wednesday, June 5.

"I stated [in the letter] that my decision came after a thorough consideration of an initiative from the Most-Híd leadership in which they requested that I resign from my post of proxy over parliament's vote on an amendment to the act on the use of the languages of ethnic minorities," Nagy told the TASR newswire.

Most-Híd chairman Béla Bugár said earlier in the day that the governing Smer party had brushed aside Nagy's work by declining to vote for legislation he had proposed, seeking to introduce dual-language signs at railway stations in ethnically-mixed areas.

Fico said earlier in the day that should Nagy leave his post, the cabinet would immediately find an appropriate replacement to carry on the office's work. "If they don't want to do it, then somebody else will. There are other people who speak the languages of ethnic minorities and know their stuff in that particular domain. This doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be a member of the ethnic-Hungarian minority, there are Ruthenians and Czechs for that matter, too. A person from any ethnic minority can be chosen," he said. Calling the government's stance towards ethnic minorities "generous" and "modern", Fico went on to state that, since taking up power in April 2012, the government has neither approved nor abolished any law relating to minorities and is thus preserving the status quo.

Source: TASR

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.

Top stories

Slovakia marks 20 years since joining NATO.

Slovakia marks 20 years in the Alliance.


Daniel Hoťka and 1 more
Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


SkryťClose ad