UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor says in an interview with news portal Maszol.ro, as quoted by MTI, that of course President Klaus Iohannis “didn’t lift a finger to save the coalition,” referring to the UDMR’s exit from the government. .

He also claims that after many years, it has been proven once again that a large part of the Romanian political class conveys the message: “Whatever we promise, we will change”, claiming that greed was one of the obvious reasons during the negotiations, quoted by News.ro

We should not despair because we found ourselves in the opposition, there were such periods in the life of UDMR, and I am not afraid that the Union will not find its voice even now, – said Hunor Kelemen, president of UDMR. interview on wednesday.

He declares that there is a place in the opposition for everyone who is not in the government, explained the president of the Hungarian Union.

“In opposition, you can’t be isolated because if you have your political messages, if you have a community to take your political messages to, if you have a vision, then you can say it,” Hunor said. Kelemen.

Regarding the exclusion of UDMR from the new government in Bucharest, he said that one of the obvious reasons is “predation, greed”, and another reason is that Romanian politicians do not keep their word, MTI notes.

“After many years, it has been proven once again that a large part of the Romanian political class cannot convey the message to society: you can take our promises seriously because we keep our word. By this, I rather send that “whatever we promise, we will change our minds and somehow it will happen.” “It will happen somehow” is actually one of the great chronic diseases of Romania’s domestic politics, said the president of the UDMR.

According to Hunor Kelemen, the UDMR’s exit from the government was probably also influenced by the will of President Klaus Iohannis, although it is not known what his intentions were, “but he certainly did not lift a finger to preserve the coalition,” he added. Hungarian politician.

Regarding the years spent in the Government of Romania, he said that he was satisfied with the work of the three ministers from the UDMR, that they did a good job and deserved thanks for that. Attila Cheke not only managed the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration well, but also made it the most efficient ministry.

At the Ministry of the Environment, Barna Tanchos fought “difficult problems”, the most famous of which was the problem of bears, and Eduard Karoi Novak prepared the National Sports Strategy, the UDMR president recalled.

The amendment of the Constitution was the most important delay during the period of UDMR rule, which was removed from the agenda due to the start of the war in Ukraine, said Hunor Kelemen. According to the president of the UDMR, it was also due to a lack of “vision on the one hand and courage on the other”, things that, in his opinion, are generally lacking in Romania’s domestic politics.

Another major delay was the adoption of the law on minorities, which was also “suspended” due to the war, Hunor Kelemen explained. UDMR politicians discovered that war creates prejudice and fear and that it is easy to direct hatred towards a certain group, they did not want the initiative to fail, the UDMR president added.

“So the union is waiting for its adoption until it can secure a parliamentary majority,” he said.

In his opinion, the UDMR should reject extremism and should keep Romanian partners and turn to those Romanian partners who are conscientious “who know that all this nonsense that some are saying is not true,” said Hunor Kelemen.

“We live here, this is the place where we were born. No matter what political regime was in power, we lived here, we contributed to the development of this land, to the development of this country, to the development of Transylvania. This is our heritage, it is ours too. That’s why we don’t want to take it away from anyone and we don’t want to take our land with us either. It is necessary to speak clearly and directly about this”, – stressed the president of UDMR. (News.ro)