Karel Karika: COVID-19 making life drastically worse in the socially excluded localities of the Czech Republic
29.1.2021 8:33
Jarmila Balážová (left) and Karel Karika (right). (PHOTO: ROMEA TV)
The situation in the socially excluded localities of the Czech Republic has deteriorated significantly because of COVID-19. "Impoverished people have been impacted by the pandemic most of all," said Karel Karika, the Romani community member who is vice-mayor of the Ústí nad Labem - město Municipal Department, in an interview for ROMEA TV.
This is Karika's second time in that role; he first served as vice-mayor two years ago and was re-elected to the post after the local governing coalition fell apart. He says he wants to work for the municipality with a vision as somebody elected by the citizens, not as a bureaucrat.