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"How hard I find it to explain what I feel when I see that on April 8 and some administrations, local and regional arrives, without Roma organizations even with Roma are set to develop a manifesto to give reading this day ! to me, that's talking about the Roma as who plays by ear, by approximation, without rigor.
I think it would be much better, more respectful, more democratic and participative to be put in contact with a gypsy organization and when I say gypsy not mean "PROGITANA", ie, a non-Gypsy organization led by payas people, and whose work is not going beyond paternalism.
But of course, how easy do-which usually administrations is to contact the company or organization Progitana known as long supported in their arguments for the celebration of International Roma Day and then we find that who made the manifesto is a / a technician said "progitana" institution or a municipality that is not even gypsy.
This day, on April 8, and is the Gypsies and anyone else that we should have the roost to claim and ask that our rights are fulfilled.
It is very delicate so on this day we commemorate as for anyone to get in a pulpit to speak through us when, on many occasions, we are not given any involvement in the preparation of articles published or manifestos are read squares and halls full.
On April 8 we remember, nothing more and nothing less, genocide 1,500,000 Roma during the Nazi regime.
Keeping alive the memory of the victims of Samudaripen (the Gypsy Holocaust) was the main objective of the First World Congress Gitano which opened in London on April 8, 1971, it is what we celebrate.
Let us also remember that at that historic congress our flag was designed and our hymn was composed.
Both symbols of our Gypsyness deserve respect.
As Gypsies must never allow that this day is worth only for politicians turn become the picture with us and give their partisan speech.
I do not think it wrong that politicians make the picture.
I am reasonable and know how the policy works today.
What I do not seem to get is that there is no actual Roma participation, political Gentlemen, as you know, the pictures are paid and the gypsy area is no stranger to this dynamic.
You should make budgetary allocations, mobilize resources for the celebration of International Roma Day.
But Roma organizations must be those who design and organize activities on this occasion wish.
Because we are tired of politicians want to manipulate shift on April 8 only to the political situation and show that the gypsies care about much ....
I have been fortunate to find honest politicians and who have given to this celebration not only for the photo that is also made, who had the courage to devote part of the budget items for the Roma Development Programme to holding the events of April 8 and put all their efforts to make it a day of celebration for Roma people where they the only role that took was dedicate a few words to the audience and then removed, leaving the limelight to Roma citizenship, true host of the celebration.
Some politicians want this day to be held, but without putting a euro and over when they propose to put the gypsy flag at city hall and to institutional events, that they do not like.
The first thing they say is that the protocol does not allow flags, which seems a word very cumbersome and that when we hear the gypsies we give up, that is, that get no say.
I have to say if the first city council who wore the Roma flag as it deserves on 8 April was the City of San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia and I always appreciate that capsized with this act.
So I want to say to Roma and Roma associations and federations never consintáis anyone handling this day as if it was not ours.
We are gypsies and Roma actors and no one else and he is us and we who must make them manifest and reading and what we require is to be right and we host this day. "
Juan Garcia Santiago
Source: Juan García Santiago / FAGA
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