Thread: Roma relocation scores Romania mayor a major vote win

Roma relocation scores Romania mayor a major vote win

BUCHAREST - A Romanian mayor, criticised by rights groups for relocating Roma gypsy families and building a concrete wall to separate off a Roma neighbourhood, scored the biggest share of the vote in local elections, official data showed on Thursday.

Catalin Chereches, the incumbent 33-year-old mayor of Baia Mare, won 86 percent in Sunday's election, which was held just days after local authorities relocated dozens of Roma families to the administrative buildings of a dismantled copper plant.

Roma relocation scores Romania mayor a major vote win | Reuters

More good news, but good news is coming too slowly.

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