Former Hungarian PM Gyurcsány slams Orbán’s cabinet as ‘immoral mafia’

Ferenc Gyurcsány, the leader of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK – Demokratikus Koalíció), on Saturday called the government an “immoral mafia” which has “ruined the reputation of the country and shattered its dreams”. 

In his so-called state-of-the-nation speech, which he held for the 14th time, Gyurcsány insisted that “an honest opposition party would not make a deal with [Viktor] Orbán” or the prime minister’s ruling Fidesz party. Gyurcsány said his party had never made any dishonest compromises with “Orbán’s vile regime”, while the LMP party had “pretended” for years that “there is a position between democracy and dictatorship” and at times “gave a helping hand to Fidesz when needed”. He also criticised the Socialist Party for “receiving financing” for its media from Fidesz.

Gyurcsány insisted that

the government “is at war with Paris, Brussels, Rome, while they are delivering the country on plate to Putin’s Russia and siding with Turkey and Azerbaijan”.

Gyurcsány lambasted the government for “talking more about George Soros” than about poverty, and though he said he would not “champion” the US billionaire, he added that “what we are facing is goddamn manipulation and terrible lies”.