Illegal school-naming attempt in Marosvásárhely

Marosvásárhely/ Târgu Mureș, December 2008.℘

On December 23, 2008, Marosvásárhely City Council motioned and then decided to rename the Folklore School of Marosvásárhely to the name of “Virginia Zeani”.  This, despite of the fact that by law only to the County Council has the right to make such a decision given that this school falls within the jurisdiction of the County Council.  Regarding this issue CEMO wrote an open letter to the Prefect of the City, asking to void the City Council’s decision.

Virginia Zeani was indeed born in Maros County; however, her persona had no bearing to the intellectual and cultural life and identity of Marosvásárhely.  The opera singer spent only her childhood in the village Görgényoroszfalu of Maros County.

The renaming of the school to the name of Virginia Zeani did not happen.