Slovak 'neo-Nazi' wins election in Banska Bystrica

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A right-wing extremist has been elected regional governor of Banska Bystrica in central Slovakia.

Marian Kotleba won 55.5% of the vote in the run-off against Vladimir Manka from the Smer-Social Democrat party.
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He has previously organised marches against Slovakia's Roma minority.

The now-banned neo-Nazi party which Mr Kotleba formerly led had expressed sympathy for the Nazi puppet state which ruled Slovakia during World War II.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25082487

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Very worrying that this was in a run-off - so it wasn't just a matter of a split vote among the non-Nazis.

[rpannier]

1. Right wing, neo-Nazi groups are gaining traction in a lot of areas of Europe

Of course, nothing bad could ever come from this (sarcasm)

[dlwickham]

2. this isn't some little podunk region

all the Slovak regions are pretty close in population and this is 5th out of 8

largest area wise

this is a not a good thing

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Yeah, I had assumed it was a population of half a million or more

and now I've looked it up, it's 650,000.

[blkmusclmachine]

4. The Nazi mindset seems to be making a "comeback"...very worrying, indeed!

[madrchsod]

5. 25% of the people voted...

i just finished reading a posting at stormfront from someone in eastern europe. it was the best explanation of the elections in slovakia that i have read.

not good news for the Roma`s....

[davidpdx]

6. Sad to hear that the people would elect someone like that

I don't think we'll ever see an end to people and groups like this. They exist in many countries including our own. The best thing we can do is be aware of their presence and when they commit crimes advocate for justice.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

7. The EU may be...

the final arbiter of such outcomes.