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ADL CALLS ON HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS IN PARLIAMENT
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New York, NY, November 28, 2012 ... The Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) today called on the Government of Hungary to go beyond
condemnations and take action in response to anti-Semitic comments
made in Parliament.
In the most recent example, MP Marton Gyongyosi of the neo-Nazi Jobbik
party said during a parliamentary debate on Hungary's Middle East
Policy that "it is high time to assess how many MPs and government
members are of Jewish origin and who present a national security risk
to Hungary."
ADL commended the Hungarian government's condemnation of this comment,
but urged it to demonstrate its claim of "taking the strictest measures
possible to combat racism and anti-Semitic behavior" included in the
government's statement.
In a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ADL noted that Parliament
Speaker Laszlo Kover from Mr. Orban's Fidesz party has announced his
intention to change the rules of the parliament to punish MPs for
racist statements, but that such promises had been made in the past.
Mr. Kover made a similar statement in July 2011, following an
anti-Semitic comment by Jobbik MP Előd Novak. Relating to the
same incident, Fidesz caucus leader Janos Lazar had stated that
the government would introduce legislation to punish racist speech
in parliament.
"Since no action was taken at the time on either approach, Jobbik MP
Zsolt Barath's blood libel in parliament in April of this year and Mr.
Gyongyosi's anti-Semitic remark of yesterday were condemned, but
went unpunished," wrote Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "We
look forward to the possible ways in which Hungary might take action
against manifestations of anti-Semitism and racism in fulfillment of
their public response to do so."
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading
organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services
that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
From: A. Papazian
http://adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/ADL+Calls+on+Hungarian+Government+to+Take+Action+A gainst+Anti-Semitic+Comments+in+Parliament.htm
New York, NY, November 28, 2012 ... The Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) today called on the Government of Hungary to go beyond
condemnations and take action in response to anti-Semitic comments
made in Parliament.
In the most recent example, MP Marton Gyongyosi of the neo-Nazi Jobbik
party said during a parliamentary debate on Hungary's Middle East
Policy that "it is high time to assess how many MPs and government
members are of Jewish origin and who present a national security risk
to Hungary."
ADL commended the Hungarian government's condemnation of this comment,
but urged it to demonstrate its claim of "taking the strictest measures
possible to combat racism and anti-Semitic behavior" included in the
government's statement.
In a letter to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ADL noted that Parliament
Speaker Laszlo Kover from Mr. Orban's Fidesz party has announced his
intention to change the rules of the parliament to punish MPs for
racist statements, but that such promises had been made in the past.
Mr. Kover made a similar statement in July 2011, following an
anti-Semitic comment by Jobbik MP Előd Novak. Relating to the
same incident, Fidesz caucus leader Janos Lazar had stated that
the government would introduce legislation to punish racist speech
in parliament.
"Since no action was taken at the time on either approach, Jobbik MP
Zsolt Barath's blood libel in parliament in April of this year and Mr.
Gyongyosi's anti-Semitic remark of yesterday were condemned, but
went unpunished," wrote Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "We
look forward to the possible ways in which Hungary might take action
against manifestations of anti-Semitism and racism in fulfillment of
their public response to do so."
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading
organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services
that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
From: A. Papazian