Cult of personality? Orbán’s ‘orders’ on the wall of a Hungarian school

Cult Orbán Hungarian school
Photo: FB/Csaba Dömötör

As we wrote, a futuristic school was inaugurated this Thursday in Csepel, Budapest’s 21st district. The investment was one of the biggest education-infrastructure projects, burning HUF 22.5 billion (EUR 58 million). The results is one of the most modern school buildings in Central Europe. Later, the Hungarian press wrote Orbán’s orders were painted on the central wall of the school. Opposition parties are outraged, while the deputy mayor of the 21st district believes if the words of famous Hungarian historical figures can be placed in the school, Orbán’s can be as well.

PM Viktor Orbán wrote seven rules he considered crucial to preserve Hungary’s identity on a mirror. Before, he mentioned these ‘laws’ of national survival in a 2020 speech. These are:

  • A homeland only exists as long as there is someone who loves it.
  • Every Hungarian child is a new sentinel.
  • Truth means little without strength.
  • Only that which we can defend is truly ours.
  • Matches are only over when we have won.
  • Only countries have borders, nations do not.
  • No Hungarian is alone.

The director did not know about Orbán’s ‘orders’

Now these sentences decorate the wall of the renewed Jedlik Ányos Secondary School in Csepel, Budapest. Opposition parties are outraged. The Democratic Coalition, former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s party, organised a demonstration yesterday at the school, during which they placed a warning paper on the school fence saying there is government propaganda in the institution. Here is their video:

According to RTL Klub, the Hungarian Commissioner for Education Rights began an inquiry. Lajos Aáry-Tamás said he would report about the results. The government said they did not decide about the interior or exterior decoration of the schools. Benő Bese, the director of Jedlik, said he did not know about the inscription and added that placing such quotations in schools could raise concerns.

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