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Socialists plan to name PM candidate next summer
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Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party plans to name its candidate for prime minister sometime during the summer of 2017, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday.
Responding to a question at a press conference in Békéscsaba, in southeast Hungary, Molnár suggested that his party would fare better in the 2018 general election if it nominated a credible “outsider” for prime minister instead of someone from within the party. The Socialist Party is “not looking for a Viktor Orbán 2.0”, Molnár insisted.
If the party does end up nominating an insider, however, László Botka, Szeged’s Socialist mayor, would be the only fitting candidate, even if Botka has already ruled this out, he said.
Botka told news portal Index.hu in an interview last month that he thought his candidacy for prime minister would be unrealistic, especially after being replaced as the party’s board leader at the last congress.
Molnár estimated that his party had managed to retain around 700,000-800,000 voters after losing roughly the same amount over the past several years. The voters who had left the party, however, have not found any other parties to support, Molnar told MTI. The Socialist Party’s most important task now is to strengthen its base and attract new voters, he said.
YAWN! The socialist plan in getting re-elected is like the Mafia of New York, hoping to gain the US presidency. The would have a better chance with picking a porn star actress to lead the bunch. At least they would know who is flipping the bill for their existence.