President Novák flew to the Middle East amid biggest pedophile scandal in Hungary: will she resign?
President Katalin Novák met Hungarian sportspeople at the World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024 during her official visit in Qatar on Friday, her office said.
Novák met the athletes and leaders of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MUSZ), members of the national waterpolo team and FINA President Husain Al-Musallam. She watched a Hungary-Qatar men’s waterpolo match which ended with a 28:1 Hungarian victory and granted an award to player of the match Vince Vigvari. During the meeting with the FINA president, she said preparations were progressing well for the move of the FINA headquarters to Budapest. She added that it represented the recognition of Hungarian sports, especially watersports, and the world-class events hosted by Hungary.
She also noted that 2024 had been declared a “Year of Movement” in Hungary, with a focus on community as well as competitive sports. Novák and Mussallam discussed the preparations for the 2027 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest and Mussallam expressed his appreciation for Hungarians’ openness and support for watersports. Novák is in Qatar on an official visit and she is scheduled to meet Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday. He paid a visit to Hungary last August and invited Novák to visit Qatar.
The biggest pedophile scandal in Hungary
We wrote about the child abuse scandal and the presidential clemency in detail HERE. The presidential pardon towards the helper of the abuser came to light earlier this week. Since then, several NGOs and political parties demanded the president’s resignation, who was responsible for family affairs as a member of the Orbán cabinet. One of the most experienced Hungarian political analysts, Gábor Török, wrote that the political career of Novák ended with the scandal. That is true even if she remains president and serves her term until 2027.
Furthermore, the president convened an advisory board with popular members of the Hungarian society and business sector, including writers, anchormen, investors, etc. Several of them quit their job after the scandal broke out, including Gábor Gundel-Takács and János Lackfi.
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