A false “referendum” for gaining an anachronistic already existing autonomy

This material starts from the book entitled A false “referendum” for gaining an anachronistic already existing autonomy296, written by sociologist Ioan Lăcătușu and lawyer Ioan Solomon. Published in 2007, the book is of great public interest because it discusses a serious problem that still affects state sovereignty. The subject of discussion is Hungarian leaders seeking ethnic autonomy over the so-called “Szeklerland”, which is unconstitutional. In this respect, under the unfounded pretense of acquiring citizenship rights, the leaders of the Hungarian community have tried (and are still doing so) to obtain autonomy on ethnic grounds for the area in question, creating the preconditions for the establishment of a state within a state, which is contrary to the Constitution, which stipulates for a sovereign, independent, unitary and indivisible national state. Thus, since December 2006, the leaders of Hungarian civil associations, which are not legally registered, have initiated an action in Covasna, Harghita and Mureș counties, called a “referendum for the autonomy of Szeklerland”, which was nothing more than a fake “referendum” to obtain a “de facto” autonomy in that area. The paper points out the geostrategic importance of the subject, argues the unconstitutionality of the action, and demonstrates that in these counties we can already speak of anachronistic autonomy, which is why the creation of a legal framework to protect Romanians in this area is a state emergency.