Roma Ethnics To Join Into An American-Like "Parliament"

Self-proclaimed Roma king in Romania, Florin Cioaba, said Wednesday, January 24 that he will establish an ethnic Romas Parliament in Romania, after the American model. "It is time to take a stand, to stick together and to be united. We will establish the first Roma Parliament countrywide, which will be a test before running for the European Parliament, in mid-May," Florin Cioaba said.

The new parliament will be called just like the Lower House of US’s Parliament. The Chamber of Romas Representatives in Romania, or CRRR, will be the first Parliament made up after exclusively ethnic criteria. Some 430 Roma representatives will be chosen through democratic vote. Each city will elect at least ten ethnic Romas and CRRR will have a president, a vice-president and a secretary general.

The new forum of ethnic Romas will gather all their 250 organizations. The Ethnic Romas Parliament will monitor the enforcement of the EU’s stipulations on this ethnic and will pass decisions which will be subsequently submitted for analysis to the Parliament and Government of Romania, and to the European forums. The first Romas’ general meeting to set up CRRR will be held on January 30, in Bucharest, Cioaba said.