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J�n Slota is is the co-founder and President of the Slovak National Party. In the 2006 parliamentary election, Slota became an MP and his SNS joined the ruling coalition with Robert Fico's Direction - Social Democracy party and Vladim�r Me�iar�s People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. Controversial views, statements Slota is frequently criticized for his arrogance, nationalism, extremism and being a xenophobic politician who has stirred anti-Hungarian sentiments. Most of the media attention Slota receives is because of statements that frequently cross the line not just of political but also human decency. Slota says he is protecting Slovaks, especially those living in southern Slovakia. According to Der Spiegel Slota said the best policy for dealing with the Roma was "a long whip in a small yard." He is quoted as saying 'we will sit in our tanks and destroy Budapest and questioned whether homosexuals were normal people. After this statement, a map was published on the official SNS webpage showing Hungary as a part of Slovakia.He also said about Hungarians that "Even in 1248 a Frankish bishop was amazed after visiting the Carpathian basin that God could have given such a beautiful country to such ugly people. He was referring to the old Hungarians, who were Mongoloid types with crooked legs and even more disgusting horses. Somehow these people have vanished. Who civilized them? Probably us, the Slovaks". He is also quoted as saying that Slavic blood had civilised the ugly, Mongolic Hungarians and associated homosexuals with pedophiles. He believes 200 members of the Hungarian intelligence are spying in Slovakia. Slota said that the country's ethnic Hungarian minority "is a tumour in the body of the Slovak nation." While Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs�ny and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico were meeting in Brussels, he called the Turul, a Hungarian mythological falcon an "ugly parrot", and insulted the first Hungarian king (Stephen I of Hungary) by calling him a "clown on a horse" (he was referring to the statue of king Stephen I which is standing in the Buda Castle). There have been several claims made about Slota's criminal past, but these have been rebutted by court statements. Slota called the fascist leader Jozef Tiso "one of the greatest sons of the Slovak nation". Criminal past Slota had illegally immigrated to Austria in 1971, where he participated in multiple grand theft autos, until he fled Austria in fear of persecution. He went back to Czechoslovakia, where he committed some store robberies in the Prievidza region[22] before fleeing the country. After returning, his father, Milan, voluntarily enter the Czechoslovak communist secret police, the StB to save his son from prison In 1982 Slota worked in the Nov�ky Power Plant, where during the demolition of a wooden cooling tower he gave the order to burn it down. The flames reached 70 meters and the wind blew the cinders as far away as 500 meters. Slota was convicted of arson and sentenced to one year in prison, and suspended for two years. Documents detailing Slota's criminal past were broadcast by Mark�za, the leading private television station in Slovakia, which resulted in a court case Mark�za v Slota. During the court proceedings Slota admitted to some of the crimes and even said he was proud of assaulting and beating a Hungarian saying "I am proud of giving that Hungarian a black eye". Since his party returned to the parliament in 2006, Slota has rarely been seen at parliamentary sessions. The Slovak daily SME has revealed that his signature on the parliamentary attendance sheets was forged by his fellow party member Rafael Rafaj. When confronted with this charge, both of them have denied it. Tabloid claims Slota supposedly reported a total yearly income of 311 400 SKK (about �10,000 or

US$14,000) in his 2006 annual tax return, however he himself supposedly confirmed that he had bought a Bentley Continental GT for 2.6 million SKK in that year. In his ATR he also supposedly confessed that he has a luxury villa on the Croatian riviera as well as a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S "lent to him by one of his friends for his personal use.