Guitarist and composer Victor Solomon (Bandidos, formerly known as Conexiuni and Bosquito) told AGERPRES that a Colectiv Memorial is necessary because we need a restart, and such a monument should be placed in a visible spot.
AGERPRES: How do you see the building of a Colectiv Memorial as a symbol against forgetting?
Victor Solomon: We need this, we need a restart!
AGERPRES: How do you imagine this Colectiv Memorial? Should it be built at the site of the tragedy or somewhere else?
Victor Solomon: A Museum of Corruption should be set up, housed right in the redubbed People’s Palace. Parliament can be headquartered elsewhere. The Memorial must sit in a visible spot.
AGERPRES: Given the situation of the space where the Colectiv club was situated, who and in what degree should take care of designing and constructing a Colectiv Memorial, including finding of necessary financing: the Romanian state or the non-governmental organizations?
Victor Solomon: NGO with state’s support.
AGERPRES: What motto do you believe should define this Memorial?
Victor Solomon: Innocent Guilty…
AGERPRES: What do you believe should be the most important lesson remembered after visiting the Colectiv Memorial?
Victor Solomon: Tolerance doesn’t mean treating us with disdain! More…