Photo: Tanjug"The Roma have to make a decision with themselves whether they want to live in a way that is today the standards of a civilized world or they want to live in conditions in which tomorrow, God forbid, someone will step on their child again, run out onto the road," said the first man of Belgrade
The first man of the capital, Aleksandar Šapić, spoke today on RTS about the Roma people of Belgrade, and about the accident that happened on Wednesday, when a truck ran over a one-and-a-half-year-old girl who lived in an unsanitary settlement in Karaburma, on Vuka Vrčevića Street.
First, he presented the information that, according to the latest records that were made recently, there are 165 illegal and unsanitary Roma settlements in Belgrade, where nearly 30 thousand people live, and then he explained what the City could do for them.
Given that "it is primarily about unsafe settlements for the lives of their residents, both for them and for the people in their surroundings", it is a "big problem".
"There were attempts in earlier years to provide apartments for Roma families," he said and recalled that "special buildings were built in Mileve Einstein in New Belgrade."
But they "abandoned a good part of the apartments, took everything they could, broke the electricity, broke the cables and threatened the safety of the people who live with them, their neighbors, who complained to us about them every day. And in the end, they returned to their unsanitary neighborhoods," said the mayor.
"It is not an easy problem to solve, but on the other hand, I believe that there are people among those Roma communities who want to be helped."
He also said that the only "real solution would be to do everything possible to integrate these people into society as much as possible in order to live a normal life", but, "it is difficult because they themselves refuse it and thus endanger their lives and theirs." of their neighbors and fellow citizens."
"We are talking about a large number of settlements where no rules are followed." It is not easy to solve this problem, but that does not mean that we should give up", and he announces that "we will try to list them", although "this is also a problem, because the majority of them do not have a residence in Belgrade, and they want to be close to the city center because they collect secondary raw materials, beg at traffic lights, steal, disturb citizens."
He also announces that the City "will begin to determine the areas where they will be able to take their waste." Let's see if we can somehow help them there. They have to make a decision with themselves whether they want to live in a way that is today the standards of a civilized world or they want to live in conditions in which tomorrow, God forbid, someone will step on their child again, run out on the road,"
"All Belgraders know that, and we can't pretend that it doesn't happen, because such Roma settlements and their way of life do not only endanger them, but also all Belgraders."
"I am the mayor of all our fellow citizens and I have to take care of those who are endangered by their way of life. And I will lead. I know that this is unpopular to say, and that the topic has been avoided for decades, because all possible human rights organizations and non-governmental organizations immediately jump on your head, but here I am, because we all know that I told the truth," the first man pointed out. of the capital today on the public service.
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