LMP endorses Majtényi for president

Budapest (MTI) – Green opposition LMP on Friday became the latest party to throw its support behind Lászlo Majtényi, Hungary’s former ombudsman, to succeed János Áder as the country’s head of state.

Speaking at a press conference, Erzsébet Schmuck, the party’s parliamentary leader, said Áder was unfit to serve as president, arguing that he was “a party soldier of Fidesz”.

Schmuck said her party believed that the office of president should be held by someone independent who stands above party politics and earns the nation’s respect through his or her professional acts.

A president should also be committed to the cause of sustainable development and future generations, she said, adding that her party had asked Majtényi to incorporate these causes into his platform. The LMP parliamentary leader said Áder had committed himself to the cause of sustainable development in words only.