Asmir Pućurica, vice-president of the DPS Youth Council and councilor in the Bijelo Polje Municipal Assembly, said that he sent an initiative to the competent municipal secretariat to solve the problem of the Roma from the Roma settlement of Rakonje, who expressed dissatisfaction with the fence that prevents them from entering their homes, so are forced to walk hundreds of meters in order to enter their homes.
"At the meeting that was held on the initiative of the NGO "Mladi Romi" and ROMACTED facilitators, hosted by the Bijelo Polje Municipal Assembly, Roma from the Roma settlements of Rakonje expressed dissatisfaction with the fence that prevents them from entering their homes, so they are forced to move around more hundreds of meters to enter their homes.
Believing that there are other ways to regulate traffic safety, and considering that it is not a protective bank, but a fence placed on the other side of the sidewalk, I sent the initiative to the competent municipal secretariat to deal with this problem and solve the situation that represents a kind of dehumanization of the Roma in these settlements," said Pućurica in a statement delivered to the media.
The member of the DPS added that, guided by, as he said, positive practice when it comes to solving the disadvantageous position of Roma in our municipality, he sent the initiative to the competent secretariat to, in the upcoming call for support for young entrepreneurs who have their own business ideas , make positive discrimination in a way that favors young Roma who have their own business ideas.
"Knowing that we still have a lot of work to do in the field of Roma integration into the majority community, I believe that even small steps like this can ease their difficult everyday life and contribute to the improvement of our common life," concluded Pućurica.
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