this politician's OTT racist anti-Gypsyism hasn't hurt her career
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Alena Rašková (Czech Social Democratic Party - ČSSD),the Deputy Mayor of Prostějov who is infamous for her remarks about Romani people, is now seeking the mayoralty there. Her candidacy was supported today by the local governing coalition of the ČSSD, the PéVéčko movement and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM).
"I will run for mayor. Our party has already confirmed it and the proposal is also supported by our coalition partners," the 65-year-old Rašková told the Czech News Agency.
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During last year's local election campaign Rašková did not hesitate to play a racist tune for her voters. Her path to the mayoralty apparently will not be harmed by the anti-Gypsyist sentiments she expressed, for example, in the Prostějovský večerník, which news server Romea.cz reported on here.
"Roma exploit 100 % of anything they get their hands on. They are perfectly familiar with the laws they use to get money. (...) In our opinion state support should only be paid to families with a maximum of three children. I have the feeling that even in those cases the Roma 'make' children as a business, so they can get as much welfare as possible from the state. (...)We have been cursing the outrageous behavior of the minority population and their leeching off of the state for several years now and we have yet to successfully deploy a system to stop it," Rašková said during last year's campaign.
http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-politician-s-anti-gypsyism-is-no-impediment-to-her-career