Fidesz communication head: Over 1 million Hungarians sign anti-Gyurcsány petition
More than one million people so far have signed the ruling alliance’s “Stop Gyurcsány! Stop Karácsony!” petition launched on Sept. 1 ahead of next year’s general election, Fidesz’s communications head said on Sunday.
The ruling parties aim to use the petition to reach out to everyone who believes that Hungary should not return to the politics of the past, István Hollik told public broadcaster Kossuth Rádio.
Referring to the opposition primaries, Hollik said that because Democratic Coalition leader Ferenc Gyurcsány “hasn’t been able to win a general election for a long time now, he’s now organised himself a little house championship”.
Hollik said the results of the first round of the primaries indicated that “Gyurcsány has again taken over the left”, adding that Momentum Movement candidate András Fekete-Győr’s last-place finish showed that “the left’s attempt to reinvent itself has also failed.”
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“It’s obvious to everyone that Ferenc Gyurcsány is the leader of the left and that there’s nothing at stake anymore in the primaries,” he said. “The only question is whether the left will field Gyurcsány’s wife or Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony as its candidate for prime minister.”
Hollik said that whereas the Fidesz-Christian Democrat government had cut taxes for businesses, the leftist governments of the 2000s had raised them. While the left scrapped tax preferences for families and home creation subsidies, the current government will refund a portion of personal income tax to parents raising children next year, he said.
On another subject, Hollik said Brussels would not compensate Hungarian businesses for paying European wages. Higher wages are made possible by the performance of the Hungarian economy, through the creation of a labour-based society and only if more and more people have jobs, which leads to growth and consumption, he said.
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Hollik said Gyurcsány and his party were in favour of a “united states of Europe” that would end Hungary’s sovereignty.
“For us, the EU is just a means to reaching our own national goals,” Hollik said, adding that this required a strong Europe made up of nation states, rather than “a new empire”.
In connection with a visit to Hungary by a delegation of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE) this week, Hollik said the delegation had included several liberal politicians “who constantly attack Hungary”. He said that although the EP’s rules of procedure prohibited MPs from the member state in question from being a part of such a visit, Momentum’s Anna Donáth had been part of the delegation.
“They should first follow their own rules before assessing the state of the rule of law in other countries,” Hollik said.
He said the delegation had turned down an invitation from the pro-government Civic Union Forum to a presentation on rule-of-law violations during the anti-government protests on October 23, 2006.
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Source: MTI
This is great! Even more so since it is hard to find a place where one can sign the petition.
Can you do it on-line?
Looks like Orbanistan’s regime is moving towards its next target: no more elections or,even better, formal elections but without an actual opposition, like in Putinistan ( former Russian Federation ).
When an election is looming then give the people someone to hate: gypsies, migrants, LGBTQ and now this …….
Talking about hypocrisy.
The audacity of this political party (fidesz) and their devious and dishonest attempts to denigrate their opponents using lies and misinformation.
The worst part is that people actually believe this nonsense, they dont do any thinking of their own anymore. Shows how dangerously close this government\party is to dictatorship.
The other way around, target Fidesz and there will be hundreds of article based on actual facts of the illegalities this horrible people committed , stealing straight from the population. Yet some people refuse to acknowledge the truth\facts.
You’re absolutely right. Just look at the first comment on this article. It sums up your comment perfectly.
Only people would speak in defense of Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang that doesn’t value Hungarians lives.
Only the most ardent Fidesz supporters would claim that everything is ok with the current government but that is not the issue. The issue is that the leader of opposition time and his gang time gain demonstrated his hatred and contempt of Hungarian people. Why would any sane Hungarian them?
It is not Orbán’s fault that the opposition came-up with people that Hungarians endured and resoundingly rejected before.
I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz for sure because I don’t want to see the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang rule and destroy Hungary.
Let the Hungarian people decide!
If it was the other way round and it was Stop Orbán, those following him would be screaming fake news, fake questionnaire, fake people, fake numbers, it’s the left trying to undermine the government, it’s the EU stirring up problems. Those of us with intelligence can see through all this you know.
Ignore the first commentator, he is a one man echo chamber suffering from chronic compulsive commentitis. Harmless enough I suppose but rather sad. He was a bit lonely yesterday, people seem to be ignoring his comments. I almost posted one just to cheer him up, to make him feel ‘relevant’.
Mindenki csatlakozzon a petícióhoz, aki nem akarja, hogy visszatérjen a múlt, a 2010 előtti kishitű, önbecsülését vesztett, a magyar nemzeti érdeket teljes mértékben háttérbe szorító és a magyar emberekkel szemben teljesen szembeforduló kormányzás!
– mondta Hollik István.
It is not Orbán’s fault that the opposition came-up with people that Hungarians endured and resoundingly rejected before.
I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz for sure because I don’t want to see the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang rule and destroy Hungary.
Let the Hungarian people decide!
Right @István! Let the people decide! Let the people pay! Lets stop money flow from EU! Lets talk about HU leave! Lets talk about Visa entering AT…. who cares…9mio… Really? Thats what you want ?:)
Dude, Istvan, we get it you work for Fidesz , its fine you got to do what is necessary to put food on the table.
If you dont work for them, …. damn, talking about evolution.
PS you do comment on all the political news articles on this news website, looks very close to a job role .
BTW the LGBTQ community says hello, and thank you.
Glad you called him ‘dude’. He’s American (with some Hun ancestry) so he’ll feel right at home.
Not too many Hungarians post here and they post under the same username. Not so the far-left. anti-Hungarian trolls. They change usernames, hoping to give the impression that there are more of them. They are not fooling anyone. They hardly ever address the issues but instead hope to divert from the truth by personal attacks. It doesn’t work.
Hungarians know that the real issue is that the opposition has time and time again demonstrated their hatred and contempt for the Hungarian people. It begs the question; why would any sane Hungarian vote for them? None.
Hungarians know what to expect form the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang and want nothing of it. The Hungarian people will decide again in 2022 and it will not be the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang.
I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz, for sure because I support a sovereign Hungary with strong border security against illegal migration and protection of Hungarian children from lgbtgp.
Your stupid insults and innuendoes mean nothing to me.
István means nothing to anyone. Loves the sound of his own voice, that’s all.
Your stupid insults and innuendoes mean nothing to me.
Hungarians know that the real issue is that the opposition has time and time again demonstrated their hatred and contempt for the Hungarian people. It begs the question; why would any sane Hungarian vote for them? None. Hungarians know what to expect form the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang and want nothing of it. The Hungarian people will decide again in 2022 and it will not be the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang. I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz, for sure because I support a sovereign Hungary with strong border security against illegal migration and protection of Hungarian children from lgbtgp.
Blah blah blah from the self appointed oracle. I would worry more about protecting children from the Catholic Church if I were you.
The Hungarian law protects the children from all who would prey on them. Penalties are increased against anyone who molest our children. The Church is not protesting the law. Lgbtqp is protesting the law.
But the the real issue is that the opposition has time and time again demonstrated their hatred and contempt for the Hungarian people. It begs the question; why would any sane Hungarian vote for them? None. Hungarians know what to expect form the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang and want nothing of it. The Hungarian people will decide again in 2022 and it will not be the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang. I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz, for sure because I support a sovereign Hungary with strong border security against illegal migration and protection of Hungarian children from lgbtqp.
The Hungarian law protects the children from all who would prey on them. Penalties are increased against anyone who molest our children. The Church is not protesting the law. Lgbtqp is protesting the law.
But the the real issue is that the opposition has time and time again demonstrated their hatred and contempt for the Hungarian people. It begs the question; why would any sane Hungarian vote for them? None. Hungarians know what to expect form the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang and want nothing of it. The Hungarian people will decide again in 2022 and it will not be the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang.
I never before voted for Fidesz but this time it is Fidesz, for sure because I support a sovereign Hungary with strong border security against illegal migration and protection of Hungarian children from lgbtqp.