PHOTOS: Protest held in Budapest against PM Orbán’s electoral law change
The opposition Democratic Coalition staged a protest against a redrawing of individual constituencies at a torch-lit march in Budapest on Friday evening.
The party’s politicians said the ruling parties were afraid and wanted “to cut up” Budapest constituencies because the opposition parties’ candidates were winning in them.
The demonstration started at Szechenyi embankment, near the statue of social-democrat politician Anna Kéthly where DK lawmaker László Varjú said they would resist and not allow a redrawing of Budapest individual constituencies.
It proceeded to the Batthyány Eternal Flame monument near Parliament, where DK lawmaker Balázs Barkóczi said that they wanted to send out the warning that ruling Fidesz’s “latest sneaky move” threatened democracy and was sending the message that it neglected the rules of democracy.
Mayor of Budapest’s 11th district Imre László accused the ruling parties of continually manipulating the elections in order to hold on to power. Mayor of the 7th district Péter Niedermüller said that those in power would “scribble” the borders of districts in an effort to ensure that their people could win.
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