23 October 1956: The regime change must be completed, Minister of State Lázár says

Minister of State Heading the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár delivered a speech at a commemorative event organised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice and the National Heritage Institute to mark the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

At the 1956 Memorial at the University of Technology, which was erected to commemorate the fact that the revolution began as a student demonstration, the Minister of State stressed that the 60th anniversary of the revolution is approaching and still much remains to be done in moral, legal and political terms so that the commemoration will be worthy of Hungary’s most noble historical traditions.

He also noted that Béla Biszku, one of the leaders of the communist reprisals following the 1956 Revolution, is soon to stand trial. The proceedings are symbolic as he is the first and last living politician of the 1956 Communist dictatorship to face criminal inquiry.