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Referendum – Orbán rejects Vona’s demand for debate – UPDATE
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Budapest, September 23 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not publicly debate opposition Jobbik leader Gábor Vona, who has challenged him to a debate on the Oct. 2 referendum on European Union migrant quotas alongside Gyula Molnár, leader of the Socialist Party, Orbán’s press chief said on Friday.
The prime minister holds the view that the referendum is an issue of national significance that transcends party politics, and that is why he will not participate in a public debate, Bertalan Havasi told MTI. Vona told a press conference earlier today that he wanted the debate because it is normal for party leaders in “a civilised country” to air their views before highly important events such as the upcoming referendum.
“Viktor Orbán has been shying away from participating in a public political debate for the past ten years, so it would be welcome if he now appeared again in public to present his arguments,” Vona said, adding that such a debate could even help Orbán if he really values a high turnout.