Yesterday, apart from the fact that the election silence was violated, hate speech also dominated on the social networks.

On Twitter, a photo was posted from a certain profile Sultana, who shared a photo of Prilep Roma, supporters of SDSM candidate for mayor Goran Sugareski with the comment: “How much in euros is this picture worth”. Some of the comments are: “gypsies”, “Gypsy, but the most beautiful”, “I don’t know how much it’s worth, but I do know how much it stinks”, “5 euros per gypsy” …

Below the post there are many comments with hate speech on the basis of ethnicity and party affiliation. These are just some of the comments:

Such posts provoke comments with hate speech and ethic intolerance. Often such insulting content can incite also hate crime, especially if one takes into consideration that VMRO-DPMNE candidate for mayor won in Prilep, and the above-mentioned are supporters of SDSM.

CIVIL calls for calming down of the political thirsts and for no revanchism on any grounds, neither party, nor ethnic ones.

CIVIL Monitoring Team