Jobbik: Romanian Americans better support imprisoned Szeklers than Hungarian Government

After his question addressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in March, Jobbik’s vice president Tamás Sneider contacted the head of Hungarian diplomacy once again. Jobbik’s MP did not accept the minister’s answer and submitted a motion voicing his concerns that he could not see the so-called Transylvanian terror charges being met with the protective mechanisms which are laid out in Article D of the Fundamental Law for all Hungarian governments.

Even Romanians stand up for them more efficiently

Criticizing the government for its ineffective protection efforts, Sneider cites the (undoubtedly astounding) example of the Association of Romanians in America which was more active in trying to ensure the rights of these individuals under criminal charges than the motherland was in protecting its own citizens. He also mentioned that the Hungarian government used Mrs. Beke’s (the wife of one of the detained persons) name incorrectly. In reference to the latter, he stated: “considering the fact that the Hungarian government had all the naturalization documents at hand, such errors (which are irrelevant in terms of the procedure) show that the matter should be treated with more attention.”

As it is known, the situation of the affected Hungarian citizens actually deteriorated during the five-month process, practically moving towards hopelessness. Their pre-trial detention was extended for the fifth time while the charges were aggravated for both of them. Thus, based on the effective law, Zoltán Szőcs and István Beke may even be sentenced to life imprisonment. No evidence is presented, so the Transylvanian patriots don’t have a chance to defend themselves.

Szíjjártó: We take all possible measures

Reporting the developments of the past month in his brief and concise response, Péter Szijjártó mentions that “the Romanian authorities have forwarded the oral memorandum requesting a prison visit of the two Romanian-Hungarian dual citizens to the prosecutor in charge of the case” who will “deliberate it”.