Opposition MPs to file criminal complaint against Orbán

Viktor Orbán in Brussels. Photo: facebook.com/orbanviktor/photos

Lawmakers of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) are filing a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on suspicion of failure to report criminal activity against the state and abuse of office, an MP of the party said on Thursday.

Erzsébet Gy. Németh told an online press conference that up until US Ambassador David Pressman’s announcement of sanctions concerning the Budapest-based International Investment Bank (IIB) earlier this month, the Orbán government “got scared” and revoked the diplomatic immunity of the bank’s employees and pulled out of the bank’s ownership. But it had allowed “Russian bankers who could be suspected of espionage” to move freely within Hungary and the European Union, she added.

“Viktor Orbán had to be aware that the Russian spies sent to Budapest by [Russian President] Vladimir Putin could have spied on our own NATO allies and European Union member states, but he did nothing about it,” Gy. Németh said.

She said that the prime minister’s “allowing the Russian spy bank to operate in Hungary” was “tantamount to betraying Hungary’s interests”.

Gy. Németh said it could be proven that the prime minister had been aware of the US warnings concerning the IIB as well as of the suspicions that the the bank’s staff were engaging in espionage.

DK lawmaker Judit Földi Rácz said the fact that the US had repeatedly warned the Hungarian government about the threat posed by the IIB since 2019 made clear Orbán’s responsibility in the matter.

When the EU wanted to impose sanctions on the bank in the wake of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Hungarian government tried to intervene, she said. This, she insisted, proved that the “Russian spy bank protected by Viktor Orban operated as an extended arm of Vladimir Putin” in Budapest.

Ruling Fidesz responded as saying that DK, led by Ferenc Gyurcsány, was “a pro-war” party which was becoming “more and more aggressive”. DK and “the entire dollar left supports the war and they want to drag Hungary into it; this is what they are getting paid for by their foreign master”, Fidesz said in a statement.

“Paid in Soros dollars, they are mounting increasingly aggressive attacks against the prime minister because he supports peace and would not let Hungary be dragged into the war,” it said.

Source: MTI

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3 Comments

mariavontheresa says:

27/04/2023 at 23:51

The opposition is copying democrats from the US. The American injustice system is persecuting Republicans, their friends and President Trump. The opposition should take note, that FIDESZ will not tolerate this behavior, and can persecute the opposition just as easily. After all what is juice for the duck is juice for the gander. Smart people will ignore Pressman’s advice. Pressman hates Hungary, Hungarians and his position was bestowed on him because of his sexual preference.
Michael Steiner says:

28/04/2023 at 08:12

LOL! If these jokers would put 1/10 of the effort they invest into trying to trip up Mr. Orban into designing policies to benefit the ordinary Hungarian citizens and LEGAL residents, maybe they’d not be getting crushed election after election after election. (And demanding silly wind mills instead of nuclear ain’t it, chief!) Just a thought.
Márk says:

28/04/2023 at 19:36

It would be time to remind the Opposition, that a dictator can not be filed criminal complaint against.

And we all know, that Hungary is a horrible dictatorship, full of ethnic cleansings and gulags. We all know that criticism of the government is a death sentance, and any media that attempts it is shut down in short order.
According to the Opposition at least.

That’s why no one votes for them.
For most what the Opposition opposes isn’t the government, but reality.