Ethnic Hungarian parents intimidated by Romanian prosecutors

After many years of struggling to regain property of and to re-open a Hungarian school in Târgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely, confiscated by the communist regime from the Roman Catholic Church, the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) accused director Zsolt József TAMÁSI (ethnic Hungarian) and chief inspector Ștefan SOMEȘAN of corruption for allegedly running the school without authorization – even though the Ministry of Education had previously found everything in order.

The case triggered a strong reaction in the Hungarian community and now the DNA is going after some of the parents who are fighting for the school, calling them to testify regarding this case. We believe that such persecution is unacceptable in any state which claims to be a democracy under the rule of law.

Several months after the prosecution re-opened the case, the teachers finally received their unpaid wages and a new interim director was named, but this is just one side of the coin. 140 pupils are still in despair because enrolment for the 2017/18 school year starts on the 27th February and the school has still not been re-authorized – thanks to the Prefect, who has recently attacked the new decision made by the local council. We believe that this is also an abuse of power lacking any kind of legal or moral justification.