“People must make a rational decision on 2 October and vote no at the referendum so we can counter Brussels’s rampage”, the Minister of State for Churches, National Minorities and Civil Relations said on Wednesday in Szeged.
At his press conference, Miklós Soltész explained that the Government agrees with the standpoint of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, according to which solidarity must come from the heart and cannot be made compulsory.
The Hungarian Government has already done so when, together with the members of the Charity Council, it donated 450 million forints to support charity organisations to enable them to work in the area of the border to help the fallen, needy and sick.
The Government’s decision to become involved in a charity drive by the Catholic Church and provide 120 million forints in funding towards the construction of a Christian school in the Middle East so the people living there don’t have to leave their homeland, also came from the heart. Just as the Government’s decision to pledge 3 billion forints to construct hospitals in Iraq and Syria was also assistance that came from the heart.
At the referendum, we must make a rational decision about who we want to live with and whether our Christian culture should change if the country is forced to admit Muslim immigrants”, Mr. Soltész stressed.
Bishop of the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád László Kiss-Rigó explained that the mandatory relocation system is a mockery of solidarity and is nothing more that human trafficking centrally organised by bureaucrats.
“We practice solidarity according to the gospels, but not according to the dictates of the Brussels bureaucrats, but rather on the encouragement of Pope Francis”, the Bishop said. As an example, he cited the fact that the diocese had collected 11 million forints in donations to support Christian communities in Syria during a single charity drive.
“The diocese has been donating an annual 30 million forints for years to provide full scholarships to ten students from Nigeria and other neighbouring countries, including students of Muslim faith, to study at medical, pharmaceutical and theological courses and acquire higher education diplomas in Hungary”, László Kiss-Rigó said.
President of the Szabadka Large Families Association Emese Benák-Búcsú told reporters that people in the North Bácska region had suffered prior to the construction of the border security fence because their towns and villages lay along the migrants’ migration route. Migrants are currently appearing on the streets mainly in Szabadka itself and in villages adjacent to the border, and the people living their fear for the safety of their children.
According to the President, Hungary must be strong, and cross-border Hungarians now also have the opportunity to support their homeland by taking part in the referendum and voting no.