Biggest Hungarian leftist opposition parties turned against each other: ‘culture of lies’
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The opposition “must adopt a culture of truth”, Momentum MEP Anna Donáth said in a speech on Sunday, accusing fellow opposition party, the Democratic Coalition (DK), of entangling the opposition in “a culture of lies”.
In her speech streamed on Momentum’s Facebook page, Donáth said Momentum’s goal was to stand a joint opposition candidate against the Fidesz candidate in the 2024 local council elections in every municipality and district of Budapest. She said Momentum had always been open to cooperating locally.
Candidates who are credible to locals and have a chance of winning against Fidesz should be selected. They should also abide by a “culture of truth”, she said. If agreement cannot be reached on a joint candidate in a given locality, then a primary should be held, she added.
Donáth said the outcome of the EP election would be a good yardstick to judge which parties enjoyed real support.
“We must show that Momentum is the party that voters can have confidence in, that it won’t treat them as stupid; it will speak the truth and take responsibility for its actions. [Momentum] will, in other words, represent a culture of truth,” she said.