« I have bad news, we won’t run away »
The mayor of Sfântu Gheorghe, Antal Arpad, believes that Romania is in a ‘historical turn’ and that the Romanian society still has enough resources to stop the ascension of extremism and win the second tour of the presidential elections by the Golden candidate, George Simon.
‘I believe that the Romanian society has sufficient resources to stop extremism. There is that silent, normal, critical majority for the political class, and rightly criticizes from many points of view, which usually does not go to vote, but I am convinced that it will mobilize and say a big stop for Simion and Extreism. That’s why I am optimistic (…) It was easier for Crin Antonescu to defeat Simion in the second round, with Nicușor Dan will be harder, but not impossible (…) The extremists have never brought solutions and never had answers to the real problems (…) How can Nicușor Dan win? It’s simple. Two million people who stayed at home in the first round have to mobilize and say ‘Stop Simion’. And things are solved (…) I think we are a very lucky generation, that we see how the world changes in our time and we are part, and not only a part, but to a small extent we are the ones who can influence things, the course of history, « said Antal Arpad on Thursday at a press conference.
In his opinion, if George Simon will reach Cotroceni ‘damage’ produced to the Romanian society will be irreparable.
‘The country is in an economic and budgetary disastrous situation (…) Anyone who wins, the situation will be difficult, but if they win Simion, the situation would be catastrophic. European funds would be blocked, foreign investors would leave the country, close factories, lose jobs. I do not think that problems could be solved (…) and from the perspective of the Hungarian community, we should defend our institutions that we have created over the last 35 years. This is, if we need to defend them, because we know that Simion wants Hungarian to be eliminated from the public space and institutions and to be withdrawn only between the walls of our homes. I also lived this period in which Ceausescu and all the same thing, let’s talk only at home in Hungarian, « said Antal Arpad, who is also the leader of UDMR Sfântu Gheorghe.
He stressed that the UDMR and the Hungarian community are elements of ‘stability and seriousness’ in the Romanian society, the latest proof being the support of Crin Antonescu’s candidacy for the Presidency of Romania.
‘Basically, what we said, what we promised, exactly this happened. If the coalition partners did what we did, then, today we would be in another movie, in another situation, but this did not happen (…) For those extremists who believe that if they win Simion, the Hungarians would run from Romania, I have bad news: we will not run. So with us they will have to share this country, because we have lived times heavier than Simion could bring us and then we did not run. So, this to disappoint from the beginning those who hope they get rid of us. He will not get rid of us, because we are not going to leave, « said Mayor Antal Arpad.
