The Democratic Forces of the Roma party reacted to the behavior of SDSM and the Secretary General of the Government, Dragi Raskovski towards the Roma people.

We are witnesses that SDSM’s behavior towards the Roma people is hypocritical and embarrassing. The latest scandal involving the Secretary General of the Government, Dragi Raskovski, who gets international dimensions, is just a new indicator of how this government treats the Roma in Macedonia. It is extremely inhuman to belittle one nation from a friendly country that is a member of the EU, with words that, by the way, offend the feelings of the Roma in Macedonia. The dignity of a man must not be trampled on by anyone, and at least not by a government official who is paid by all of us. Dragi Raskovski should not only apologize publicly to the Roma, he also should be dismissed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. If the prime minister does not do it, it will mean that he and the Secretary General alike share the same views that are nothing but a hate speech. At the same time, we ask the Commission for Protection against Discrimination to initiate a procedure and to properly sanction such phenomena and outbursts, the party has said.