Péter Magyar refutes government claims: he would keep the 13th-month pension
Péter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza Party, on Wednesday said his party would keep the 13th-month pension if it got into power, “no matter what lies [Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán and his government tell”.
In a statement on Facebook, Magyar said he had visited a local council-run retirement home in the town of Ricse, in north-eastern Hungary, to promote his party’s “Voice of the Nation” public survey.
“We spoke with some wonderful elderly ladies about their lives, their families and their problems that need solutions,” Magyar said.
“They told us that despite the lies spread by the propaganda, food and medicine are unaffordable. I assured them that no matter what lies [Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán and his government tell, Tisza will keep the 13th-month pension, and if the majority supports it, we will introduce a SZÉP voucher card for pensioners with top-ups of HUF 200,000 (EUR 500).”
He also promised that Tisza would reduce the VAT on healthy food products to 5 percent and scrap the VAT on medicines.
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