Hungarian Reformed Church Leader Predicts Dissolution of Main Hungarian Political Organization in Romania

Reformed bishop Laszlo Tokes predicts during an interview for HotNews.ro that the main political organization but not party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania the country will dissolute as its leadership are "corrupt", "opportunistic" and "demagogues".

Tokes, founded a new organization, the Hungarian Civic Coalition and made hard attacks on the Hungarian Democrat Coalition in Romania (HDCR) who was and is part of the many governments along the post Ceausescu history.Bishop Tokes says HDCR is a totalitarian party and the "last bastion of communism in Romania".Tokes mourns the fact that "after 17 years, an ethnic Hungarian has no alternative and possibility to choose between many Hungarian political groups as HDCR is envisage itself as the only one Hungarian political organization in Romania.

Tokes is sure that the Hungarian Civic Coalition would manage to become a real political party and an alternative to HDCR.

The reformed Church in Romania, along with other protestant and new-protestant churches, is much involved into politics in Romania. Differently, the Romanian Orthodox Church ban all priests and bishops to get involved into politics. In the Orthodox Church clergy who would like to do politics, at any level, and be elected even in the local council has to give up priesthood.