Police launch probe into election office incident

Budapest, March 4 (MTI) – The national police on Friday launched an investigation into an incident which took place at the election office last Tuesday, when a Socialist politician’s attempt to submit a question for a referendum on Sunday shopping restrictions was allegedly physically prevented by a group of thugs.

István Nyakó, the Socialist politician who tried to submit his referendum question, told MTI that he was informed on Friday by police that a probe would be launched into the incident. Police later confirmed that an investigation had been ordered into alleged electoral fraud against an unknown perpetrator.

Nyakó said he believed it was Thursday’s ruling by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, declaring that his rights were infringed when he was prevented in submitting his referendum question, that convinced police to open the investigation.

The Socialist politician told MTI that he will be interviewed by police as a witness in the alleged electoral fraud case next Monday.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters