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Hetzmann Mercédesz Hetzmann Mercédesz · 27/07/2022
· Politics

Orbán’s oldest ally resigns over the PM’s openly racist speech

Compared Viktor Orbán to Goebbels and resigned Zsuzsa Hegedűs, the prime minister’s envoy. According to Hegedűs, Orbán made an openly racist speech in Tusnádfürdő, which Goebbels would have liked. She said he went beyond the limits of acceptability. She believes that Orbán’s rhetoric, which could be described as pure Nazi, is something she cannot forgive the prime minister for, even given their friendship of almost 20 years.

According to hvg.hu, Zsuzsa Hegedűs, the Prime Minister’s envoy, submitted her resignation on Tuesday. The sociologist decided to leave because of Viktor Orbán’s openly racist speech in Tusnádfürdő last weekend. The politician was Viktor Orbán’s most senior advisor.

Her letter to Orbán

The sociologist wrote a long letter to the Prime Minister, which she delivered on Tuesday morning. The old acquaintance led her to express her very tough views on Viktor Orbán’s speech in Tusnádfürdő last Saturday, reports Index.hu.

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“I sincerely regret that such a disgraceful resolution has forced me to sever a relationship that, although increasingly difficult for me to manage since your illiberal turn, seemed sustainable in the short term. However, after such a speech, which goes against all my fundamental values, I have no choice: despite the fact that you never restricted my full freedom in any way, as you originally asked, I must now publicly break with you because of what you said in Tusnádfürdő.”

His racism surprised her

She also reminded Orbán in the letter that she had already personally told him that the “homophobic” law had already exceeded the limits of what she considered unacceptable, and that she had continued her mandate and work on the inclusion programme, but that “your speech in Tusványos (the festival in Tusnádfürdő – ed.) surprised me even despite these precedents”.

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She added: “I don’t know how you didn’t realise that you were turning your previous anti-migrant and anti-Europeanism into a pure Nazi text worthy of Goebbels when, as usual, you read through the speech. But I cannot, because of the gravity of the fact, even in our friendship of nearly 20 years, overlook that this time.”

Surprisingly sickening words

Viktor Orbán’s words at the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp in Tusnádfürdő have provoked strong protests. The Prime Minister said that “in the Carpathian Basin, we are not a mixed race, but a mixture of peoples living in our own European homeland (…) We are willing to mix with each other, but we do not want to become a mixed race.”

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Orbán’s answer letter to Hegedűs

The PM reacted to his ally resigning in a letter. You may read it below.

“Dear Zsuzsa,

You can’t seriously think of accusing me of racism after twenty years of working together. You know best that in Hungary, my government has a zero tolerance policy towards anti-Semitism and racism. We have known each other for ages. You know that I believe that God created every human being in his own image. Therefore racism is excluded ab ovo for people like me.

I regret your decision, by the way. I acknowledge it.”

Viktor Orbán speech Tusványos
Read alsoOrbán: “Hungarians are not a mixed race and do not want to become one”

Source: Blikk.hu, Telex.hu, Index.hu, hvg.hu

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4 Comments

  1. Madeleine says:
    27/07/2022 at 17:05

    I think it’s very brave of Mrs. Zsusza. With her resignation she sends a strong signal that Orban’s politics cannot continue like this. (Luckily) she also did not agree with his homophobia. All together, these statements and many inappropriate statements will anger many Hungarians,but also in the rest of Europe and beyond. His statements are also grist to the mill of the extreme right. He may want to continue as a do-gooder. On the contrary, he sets the clock back for decades. What I find very crude is that he does not regret his racist statements. That says enough about his person. I also think it’s very cowardly. I hope that Mrs. Zsuzsa will be left alone and that a bright future awaits her.

  2. mariavontheresa says:
    27/07/2022 at 20:24

    It is good that Ms. Hegedus resigned. Her understanding is limited. Prime Minister Orban refers to tribalization of the population of any country. When new commers do not assimilate, the landscape of the country will be similar to countries of the middle ages, where several overlords ruled large parts of a country. The king, usually the head of a government, had to go and beg for support in case of armed conflicts. Totally separate cultures created problems. There are large areas inhabited by new migrants and these areas are operating as separate jurisdiction, e.g. no go zones in Sweden and UK. Muslim males fail to respect Wester Women who are violently attacked. Mr. Orban’s speech clearly demonstrated that successful countries have the population’s love and total support, e.g. US. Starting from the 1900s, people landing on US soil became instant Americans. During WWII, ethnic Germans fought against Nazism, on the side of the US. Presently, thousands of migrants come to the US from communist Cuba and Venezuela. These immigrants totally embrace the culture and capitalism and will make great American citizens.

  3. Bruce says:
    28/07/2022 at 03:49

    The Left has only one answer to strongly held conservative opinions! Everyone who the Left does not like is rascist, every policy they disagree with is rascist.

    The Left have NO answers or solutions to any of the world’s problems!

  4. Cornelia says:
    28/07/2022 at 14:27

    “Me” thinks the whole world has gone bonkers! We have a US president who is off this planet, a Russian president who looks mental, a Ukrainian president and his wife posing for Vogue in the middle of the war in Ukraine and we have the Hungarian PM who wants to hear the church bells and not the imam prayer every five hours. Shell I go on??

    Racism is the” new black,” get on the wagon if you want to be in the news.

    We love Hungary and the CHURCH BELLS. Been living and working in five countries and “believe it or not” this country is the best of them all.

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