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Péter Magyar: János Lázár to be Fidesz prime ministerial candidate in place of PM Orbán
According to the chairman of the Tisza Party, who is mounting a challenge to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the 2026 general election, János Lázár will become the prime ministerial candidate for Mr Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance, as he will bear responsibility for the party’s expected defeat.
Will János Lázár bear responsibility?
Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza Party, claimed in an afternoon post on Facebook that János Lázár, Hungary’s Minister for Construction and Transport, will be the prime ministerial candidate for a coalition comprising Mr Orbán’s Fidesz and the right-wing Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) movement. Mr Magyar believes Fidesz will lose the forthcoming general election, leaving Mr Lázár to shoulder the blame for the reverse. László Toroczkai, the leader of Mi Hazánk, has written that Magyar simply wants to steal votes from him with this post, because it has no real basis.
The last time Mr Orbán suffered a national defeat was in 2006, when the Socialist-liberal coalition led by the then-prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány, prevailed.
Mr Magyar cited no sources for his scenario. He merely stated that he had heard it from multiple contacts.
President Orbán?
The post follows a nationwide scandal engulfing Mr Lázár. The minister declared that Hungary did not wish to admit migrants, leaving no one available for menial tasks such as cleaning train toilets. Instead, he suggested, the country had a ready reserve in the form of its Roma population. The remarks provoked a national outcry, with even Roma celebrities—including the hugely popular singer and entertainer Kis Grófo, a Fidesz supporter—voicing their criticism of Mr Lázár. The minister later apologised for his comments.
In Mr Magyar’s account, Mr Orbán would assume the presidency, thereby evading accountability. Previously, Mr Orbán had consulted his Fidesz parliamentary group after each election on whether to shift Hungary to a presidential system. With no one advocating the change, the political structure remained—and will remain—unchanged ahead of the vote.
All polls conducted by pollsters not close to the government claim that Péter Magyar’s Tisza party will win the elections by a landslide. Meanwhile, pollsters close to Fidesz insist that those surveys are all lies and serve solely the interests of the opposition.
It seems that Magyar has maintained some connections with dissatisfied people within the Fidesz hierarchy who relay information to him. My suspicion is that while Fidesz keeps a public profile of party solidarity privately many people have stayed inside the party out of personal career interest but won’t be unhappy should Fidesz actually be removed from office. It’s a dictatorship with weak party loyalty much as it was during the Kadar era when you had to be a party member if you wanted a successful career.
Who cares about the ravings of this wife-basher! Peter Magyar is disgusting individual, who should not even be trusted to run a cornerstore, let alone run in a political election!
In the same logic why would we trust in Orbán?
dictator, corrupted….and the list in quite long?
@Johnny – that’s a serious allegation. Could you cite me the official record of this – or a reputable source? At least with Mr. Trump, he was found liable by a New York jury for sexual abuse. And a slew of allegations. Not that this mattered, though.
No evidence to support your allegation but I have a report from a couple of years ago from someone in the medical community who works at a certain hospital in Budapest where Orban’s wife was treated for an obvious assault.
Peter Magyar is not a nice human being, he makes disgusting comments and has little or no diginity and is not mature enough to hold any office. Just look where he came from… who his friends are… and how he attempts to control the narrative pumped up by certain media outlets and others… Fidesz is the only show in town with enough experience and maturily to Steer Hungary and its people through these very dark days and into the light. Hungary is a beautuful Country with a beautuful people, culture and amazing history and this nation is 100% in its right to defend its people (i’m sure János Hunyadi would agree) from all foes be it from the dark corridors of Brussels, sell-outs within its own political system, or the nearby war just across its border and the list goes on… Yes there is plently of issues that need fixing here but show me a model ‘western nation’ doing well these days? Just look at what Fidesz and Mr Orban inherited from the nasty commies era and where the nation sits now…. in the words of Father Padre Pio ” Hungary is like a cage, from which one more beautiful bird will fly out one day.
There is still a lot of suffering waiting for them,
but throughout Europe they will have unparalleled glory.
I envy the Hungarians, because through them great happiness will flow to humanity.
Just few nations have such powerful guardian angel, like for Hungarians
and it would certainly be right to ask more strongly effective protection for their country”
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