New, influential Hungarian party born from the presidential clemency scandal?

The Hungarian President, Katalin Novák, and the former Justice Minister, Fidesz’s EP list leader, Judit Varga, had to resign due to a pardon granted to a helper of a paedophile criminal. We still do not know whose idea it was to support Endre K’s bid, but Péter Magyar, the ex-husband of Varga, became very upset after her ex-wife’s withdrawal from politics. He said those responsible for the outrageous case remain hidden behind the two women’s skirts. Therefore, he began inviting critics of Fidesz into a new party that may become influential in Hungarian politics soon.

Ex-husband of Judit Varga outraged by the Orbán regime

Several Hungarian media outlets wrote that Novák gave the presidential pardon only because it was the request of her former mentor, Calvinist Bishop Zoltán Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister between 2012 and 2018.

However, he did not take responsibility for the claim. He remained bishop despite causing considerable harm to the Calvinist church with that decision.

But Magyar did not attack him in the several interviews he gave and Facebook posts he wrote in the last few days. He focused his criticism on Antal Rogán, the minister of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister. Mr Rogán is probably the most unpopular Hungarian politician. Mr Magyar said Rogán even interfered in his divorce from Varga, saying it should be friendly and silent.

He highlighted in an interview with telex.hu that there is a lot of criticism inside Fidesz, but he did not mention names because he did not want to break anyone’s career.

Here is his first interview with Partizán with English subtitles:

A lot of people heard about Magyar

We wrote HERE about Magyar’s claims concerning the influence of PM Orbán’s wife, Anikó Lévai, in Hungarian public affairs. Magyar claimed that he witnessed Lévai requesting reports from ministers and MPs concerning political issues even though she does not wield formal power.

In his interviews, Magyar said that political and financial power is in the hands of a couple of families in Hungary. Basically, Orbán does not intervene in business sector matters, but he is the final arbiter provided there is a dispute between Hungarian oligarchs.

But Magyar does not stop only at criticising the Orbán regime. He seems to be starting a political party soon. And he has a chance to grab a seat in the European Parliament elections on 9 June. According to a new survey, more than 66% of the people already know his name and his criticism towards the government. That rate means Mr Magyar has a wider recognition than several Hungarian top politicians regardless of whether they are in the government parties or in the opposition.

Will an influential, popular political party be born on 15 March?

Furthermore, he beat the entire Hungarian political field concerning the number of reactions he received on his Facebook activity. He garnered almost 700,000 interactions on 38 posts he shared. That tops the second politician on the list, FM Péter Szijjártó (429,000 and 209 posts).

Thus, he has a basis to initiate something in Hungarian politics. And that will be on 15 March in Budapest’s downtown. 15 March is one of the most crucial Hungarian national days when we celebrate the outbreak of the 1848 revolution and freedom fight.

Magyar regularly says thousands of people offered their help for his political party. Therefore, he summons his fans to Andrássy Street (between the Oktogon and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street) in Budapest to celebrate together. “Let’s recite together what the Hungarian nation wants”, he highlighted in his invitation.

According to his previous posts, he would like to talk about the following topics:

  • Hungary’s accession to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office,
  • Hungary’s relationship with the NATO and the EU,
  • Hungary’s standpoint concerning the war in Ukraine, the leading powers of the world and its neighbours,
  • the introduction of the euro,
  • the state of minorities,
  • the deterioration of the Hungarian education and healthcare systems,
  • and the corruption that covers everything.

Magyar regularly has more than 10-20 thousand positive reactions on his posts. Thus, the 15 March 2024 can become something brand new in the Hungarian public affairs.

Critics of Péter Magyar say he is the creation of Antal Rogán to channel Fidesz-critics into a new political party, not even giving a chance to the tradtional opposition to win them.

Read also:

  • End of an era? Former minister’s ex-husband turns against PM Orbán: they only want wealth – Read more HERE
  • Why do Hungarians celebrate March 15 so vehemently? – Details in THIS article

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