Miko Case: Protest Document Has Been Sent To the White House

The New York-based Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) has sent a protest document to the White House because of the re-nationalization of the Reformed College of Saint George Szekely Miko, Itthon.ma says.

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Laszlo Hamos, president of the HHRF presented and handed over the document – which was given to the MTI at the weekend – when the White House officials received the lead of the Hungarian American Coalition (HAC).

According to Itthon.ma, the document informed the American government that the Ploiesti Court of Appeal upheld the three-year suspended prison sentence of Attila Marko, Tamas Marosan and Silviu Clim, which was imposed because as the members of the special committee in charge of the restitution of ecclesial property, they returned the property “to its rightful owner”, the Hungarian Reformed Church. And a severe fine was imposed on the Church because of the „illegal” use of the college.

The document mentioned that the Romanian Parliament withdrew the immunity of Attila Marko on the basis of allegations of corruption on 3 December, while the immunity of his Romanian colleague, Catalin Teodrescu, who is also involved in the case, was remained. According to protestant bishop Bela Kato, who said that Romania is not governed according to the rule of law, that the judgment will be brought before the European Court of Human Rights, Itthon.ma says.

The HHRF urged the Romanian Government to set back the ownership of the Hungarian Reformed Church over the college and exempt from every accusation Marko, Marosan and Clim. The foundation emphasizes in its document: the Romanian Government must ensure that the rightful returned properties of the Hungarian historical churches will not been re-nationalized, and it must remove any obstacles from getting back the ownership of the 5168 Romanian properties.