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Daily News Daily News · 05/08/2016
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Socialists plan to name PM candidate next summer

Budapest, 2016. június 25. A párt újonnan megválasztott elnöke, Molnár Gyula a Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP) országos tisztújító kongresszusán tartott sajtótájékoztatón a Villányi úti Konferenciaközpontban 2016. június 25-én. MTI Fotó: Máthé Zoltán

Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party plans to name its candidate for prime minister sometime during the summer of 2017, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday.

Responding to a question at a press conference in Békéscsaba, in southeast Hungary, Molnár suggested that his party would fare better in the 2018 general election if it nominated a credible “outsider” for prime minister instead of someone from within the party. The Socialist Party is “not looking for a Viktor Orbán 2.0”, Molnár insisted.

If the party does end up nominating an insider, however, László Botka, Szeged’s Socialist mayor, would be the only fitting candidate, even if Botka has already ruled this out, he said.

Botka told news portal Index.hu in an interview last month that he thought his candidacy for prime minister would be unrealistic, especially after being replaced as the party’s board leader at the last congress.

Molnár estimated that his party had managed to retain around 700,000-800,000 voters after losing roughly the same amount over the past several years. The voters who had left the party, however, have not found any other parties to support, Molnar told MTI. The Socialist Party’s most important task now is to strengthen its base and attract new voters, he said.

He underlined the need for Hungary’s left-wing parties to cooperate with each other in the next election by agreeing on single candidates in each of the 106 constituencies. The Socialist Party will name its candidates for each constituency by late October, early November, he said.

He said the “democratic opposition” parties should hold primaries in the constituencies where there is more than one candidate. The primaries should be held and the final candidates selected by summer 2017, he added.

Referring to LMP co-leader Akos Hadhazy’s recent rejection of the idea of a primary, Molnár said opposition parties that do not take part in the primaries and field their own candidates “will be supporting [Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán”.

Molnár said the leftist opposition’s candidate for prime minister will have to be named by the “strongest party of the cooperation”, which he said was the Socialist Party.

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

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  1. Max straite says:
    06/08/2016 at 07:28

    YAWN! The socialist plan in getting re-elected is like the Mafia of New York, hoping to gain the US presidency. The would have a better chance with picking a porn star actress to lead the bunch. At least they would know who is flipping the bill for their existence.

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