Matovič shot again: He dishonored the memory of the victims of the Holocaust… Disgusting! It is not the first time that he has been criticized for this – Topky.sk

It is not the first time that he has styled himself in this position. A few months ago, he stated that journalists made him a Jew of the 21st century. The Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities also considered it immoral at the time. And the State Secretary of the Department of Justice, Ondrej Dostál, who will soon return to the parliamentary benches together with the SaS ministers, also considers it disgusting. Archival VIDEO Matovič really blew it: I am a Jew of the 21st century, the media is to blame for everything! Repulsive then, repulsive today He began his status with the words “Jew as an enemy”. “81 years ago, we decided to become superhumans. At a time of severe economic crisis and war, we decided to label tens of thousands of our fellow citizens as inferior. By adopting the Jewish Code, we took away the Jews’ right to equality and dignity. We declared their humiliation to be downright salvific violence.” he wrote. “The Jewish code launched a total dehumanization of the mythical enemy in order to vent its frustration on innocent people. And I’m very sorry,” he said, but it didn’t stop there. Photo gallery (4) Source: FB/Igor Matovič In conclusion, according to him, he did not forgive the parallel with today’s situation in Slovakia. “Doesn’t the actions of the fascists at that time remind you of the actions of today’s self-proclaimed owners of truth?” by which he was apparently alluding to journalists again. “Once again they found their “Jews” and again with the goal of their total dehumanization. Disgusting then, disgusting today,” he added, using words that once again styled himself in the role of a victim. Style yourself as a Jew? Repugnant This statement of his did not escape the attention of Ondrej Dostál. “Stylizing yourself in the position of a persecuted Jew on Holocaust Memorial Day is particularly disgusting,” he wrote. With this status, Matovič commemorated today’s Memorial Day for the victims of the Holocaust and racial violence. On this day in 1941, the wartime Slovak state ratified the so-called Jewish Code – a discriminatory government regulation containing a set of anti-Jewish regulations that deprived Jews of several basic civil and property rights. Six months later, the deportation of Slovak Jews to concentration camps began, from which most did not return. Photo gallery (4) Source: FB/Ondrej Dostál His statements are over the line, Heger should realize it According to political scientist Juraj Marušiak, this is not the first time and probably not the last time either. With its statuses, it belittles the suffering of Jewish citizens during the Second World War, and also shows contempt for basic democratic principles. “Striving for the dismissal of a minister, or questioning someone’s political abilities, is a completely standard part of democratic discourse, while harsher words are often used. During the Second World War, Jews faced persecution and even physical liquidation just for being born. This is certainly not Matovič’s case. is, and that’s why his statements are over the line. Matovič apparently bet on the belief that Slovak voters always support someone who, at least in their eyes, is wronged and deliberately tries to create such an image of himself,” he told Topky. Photo gallery (4) Source: Topky/Ján Zemiar The political scientist hopes that Prime Minister Eduard Heger is also aware of this. “The second thing is whether he is able to distance himself from Matovič at least at such a moment. He did it, for example, in the case of Minister Lengvarský, whom he supported despite Matovič’s obvious antipathies, but he realizes that openly distancing himself from Matovič would mean his political death. .. At least unless he decides, for example, to join SaS. OĽaNO is such a centralized party that the fate of perhaps all its politicians depends on Igor Matovič’s decision, including the place on the party’s list of candidates,” he added. It’s not the first time… However, it’s not the first time that he has commented on the topic of the Holocaust in a similar vein and misused it to compare it to his own situation. “Just as the Jews during Nazi Germany were to blame for everything, because Hitler pointed the finger at them. Many people in Slovakia wanted to point to someone who would be to blame for everything. Either during the corona crisis or later. Many of you succeeded. I accept so that when it’s cloudy tomorrow, I’ll be guilty of that as well,” Matovič told journalists. He felt, and probably still feels, like a Jew of the 21st century. He expressed this after the editor asked him if he was considering a change and leaving the Ministry of Finance. It was roughly a month before the SaS party left the coalition. “You have made me a Jew of the 21st century,” declared the Minister of Finance, adding that journalists are biased. Indecent, immoral and stupid His statements were commented on by two organizations at the time. One of them is the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities. “There was a comparison of a critical assessment of a politician’s activity and racial persecution on the basis of collective guilt, which resulted in genocide with millions of innocent victims. This comparison does not hold up, and according to the spontaneous reactions, it is clear that the citizens of Slovakia feel the same way,” the union said. “To make light of the Holocaust in this way is not only rude, immoral, but also stupid. Slovakia lost almost 70,000 fellow citizens during this period. And that’s only because they were born Jews,” Igor Rintel, chairman of ÚZŽNO, responded to Matovič’s words in the past. The words of the Minister of Finance also outraged the Institute of Human Rights, which also condemned his words at the time. “A representative of the government of a country that participated in the Holocaust should be very careful with his words in this context. However, Igor Matovič does the exact opposite and relativizes the Holocaust with his tasteless statements, denigrates the memory of the victims of Nazism and is anti-Semitic,” the Institute said at the time. Matovič shot again: He dishonored the memory of the victims of the Holocaust… Disgusting! This is not the first time he has been criticized for this