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.