LMP lawmaker dumps manure in front of govt office building in protest of land sales

Budapest, November 23 (MTI) – Green opposition LMP lawmaker Benedek R Sallai on Monday dumped a truckload of manure in front of a government office building in Kaposvar, in southwest Hungary, in protest of the sale of state-owned farmlands.

R Sallai drove the truck to the scene himself before dumping the 2-3 cubic metres of manure onto the road and the sidewalk.

The lawmaker told MTI that the manure symbolised “the fact that something stinks” around the farmland auctions, adding that by dumping it in front of the government building, he aimed to emphasise that the government’s direction regarding the sales is wrong. “Fidesz is lying to the people. They’re dismantling everything and giving everything to their buddies. This whole thing stinks, just like manure.”

Police have launched an investigation against R Sallai on suspicion of violation of public sanitation and public order rules, Somogy County police spokesman said Zoltan Orban said.