Peace march to come again on March 15 in Budapest – hundreds of thousands expected

A Peace March organised for Hungary’s March 15 national holiday will convey the message of a “clear no to war”, the founder of the pro-government Civic Union (COF) and head of the associated CÖKA foundation told a press conference on Wednesday.

László Csizmadia said the march will start out from in front of the Komjádi swimming pool on the Buda side at noon. The crowd will march across Margaret Bridge and reach Parliament via Szent István Boulevard and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue.

In front of Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will address a central commemoration of Hungary’s 1848-49 freedom fight in the afternoon.

Delegations from Poland, Italy, and Spain will join the march, Csizmadia said.

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Meanwhile, Public Prosecutor Péter Polt has met the representatives of the election observation mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed a mission to observe the elections on April 3, and will remain in close contact with the authorities throughout, the statement said.

At the meeting, Polt briefed mission head Jillian Stirk and two members of the

crimes detected during the elections in 2014 and 2018,

as well as the outcome of the relevant criminal procedures, the statement said.

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Source: MTI