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Alojz Hlina Running for Mayor of Bratislava
Monday 23 August 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, August 23 (TASR) - Entrepreneur Alojz Hlina, who became well-known after stealing the Slovak state flag from Slovak National Party (SNS) headquarters in Bratislava and engaging in various types of political action, announced on Monday that he will stand for the post of mayor of Bratislava at the local elections in November.
Hlina said that he will launch his so-called tram campaign as of Tuesday. As part of the campaign, he will spend a month travelling on public transport. In addition, he will open his election headquarters to the public on August 26.
Hlina had said that he wouldn't run if the city apologised for selling the Luxorka residential building to an entrepreneur who was supposed to offer the flats inside for sale immediately to their tenants. The entrepreneur didn't do so, disconnecting the flats from electricity, heat and water supplies instead. The city replied, however, that it doesn't have anything to do with the Luxorka case or with the case of a Mrs. Neumullerova, to whom Hlina drew attention.
"Mrs. Neumullerova was 87 ... and she lived out her final months without water and electricity, forced to answer the call of nature in a plastic bag. This case didn't happen in the Caucasus but in the centre of Bratislava," said Hlina, citing an example of why he's decided to stand for the post of mayor. He added that he was a neighbour of the woman in question at the time.
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