lost his seat in parliament he was replaced by Milan Špánik, who is an independent regional politician who won his seat with Kotleba support. Re-election In February 2020, Mazurek was involved in an incident where counter-protestors against a ĽSNS meeting in Nižná na Orave were physically attacked. Mazurek was re-elected in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election. He was nominated for "Homophobe of the Year" in 2020 by and Rainbow Slovakia for denying the existence of transgender people. He refuses to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a false belief that it would cause carbon dioxide poisoning, which led to his being thrown out of a bank in Poprad. In July 2020, he faced calls for his resignation after falsely claiming that the perpetrator of the was of Romani ethnicity. References 1994 births Living people Antiziganism in Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016-2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020-present People's Party Our Slovakia politicians People from Kežmarok District People convicted of hate crimes