The memorial that divides. MEPs do not want him, brother for brother haunts, the councilors are reluctant
21. Apr 2025 at 18:20
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Blaškovičová: They want to play it in the party.
Košice. « If we wanted to disassemble it and move it, we are likely to talk about the amount in millions of euros, » said Mayor of Košice Jaroslav Polaček (independent) about the Soviet Memorial in the Liberation Square.
At the end of the year, city parliamentarians committed the city management to explore or remove the opportunity to relocate or remove it, with the priority of the monument to remove the communist symbols. It is the sicklemakers and hammers regularly face the intervention of activists; Ukraine.
Last time the memorial was repaired half a year ago. On the eve of November ’89 celebrations, he received new sickles and hammers. The repair of EUR 14,000 was paid by the Ministry of the Interior and the City of Košice.
Despite the fact that the deputies asked the city management to submit a report on the possibilities of moving the memorial to the nearest city council, the councilors did not. The proposal was withdrawn from the February meeting and is not in the April negotiations program.
All the best to the gentle. The Interior Ministry will pay Košice new sicklemakers with hammers Read
Silence by the next November?
« I am very disappointed because I was expecting something to happen in this matter after they pretended to take it as their own, » says city deputy Ľuba Blaškovičová (independent), who was the proposal of the proposal.
He does not understand why the Town Hall does not inform the Members of the Member of the Member.
« It was supposed to be submitted at the last regular council, they told me that they did not manage to have expert opinions. In my opinion, this material has been subtly postponed, a classic. After November it was such that let’s show in good light, we will pretend that we are interested and worried, and there is silence. »
Ľuba Blaškovičová. (Source: City of Košice)The November repair of sickles and hammers criticized part of the company, the mayor later apologized to the deputies for the inappropriate timing.
« I apologize that at the time of November’s legacy, there has been something that is not right in my conscience. »
He explained that the Embassy of the Russian Federation sent a verbal note to Košice about deliberate damage and called for repair.
She was waiting for more initiatives
MEP would expect more activity from the city management. « Clearly. They justify this because a lot of opinions, meetings, experts, but in the resolution it was clearly said that they will deal with it and we do not know to date whether there are real buried people or not. I think there will be silence for the next anniversary. »
If the relocation was possible, but it would be necessary for funding, for example, a million euros, Blaškovičová thinks that the funds would be found.
« I understand that the money is needed for the things the city actively lives. But on the other hand, there are alternatives we have already talked about, for example, to make a general memorial to the victims of totalitarian regimes. We could accept that, without sickles and hammers.
Twenty -two deputies
According to the resolution adopted by the deputies, the priority of the permanent removal of communist symbols from the memorial is a priority. Nothing is happening in this matter either.
« Until there is any night activist who goes to remove it and then it will be persecuted, obviously nothing. Do I regret that they are always just declarations that will not take place for personal lack of interest or too little personal engagement. Is there 22 deputies signed by us, do they ignore us all and will we be silent? »
The councilors wants to ask for another shift at this week’s meeting. « They will now postpone it among the resolutions that are fulfilled continuously, but there was the deadline of February and we have an April council. »
Deputy Prime Minister Marcel Giboda (SaS) turned to the relocation of the memorial to the ministries, including the foreign ministry. He asked the deputies whether they would be willing to give perhaps 700,000 euros for the relocation of the monument. « I do, » he added.
Blaškovičová does not assume that the general will of the Košice people would be found to pay the city.
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