Interview with the most supported opposition candidate, Gábor Vona

“Fidesz has done a lot of things that Jobbik wanted in 2010, and we saw it first-hand how badly it turned out,” this is partly the reason why Jobbik has changed its policy, Gábor Vona explained in an interview given to hvg.hu. The top man on Jobbik’s national election list says the fate of two generations is at stake on 8th April. In the first part of hvg.hu’s interview series with the politicians heading the national lists of each party, they asked Gábor Vona about Jobbik’s responsibility, Lajos Simicska, Jews and Islam, as well as the dangers of Hungary’s isolation. We summed up the interview’s most relevant questions and answers.

The PM of 15 million Hungarians

The interview starts with a provocative question about which segment of the society Vona would particularly like to serve. In his answer, Jobbik’s leader says that he wants ‘to

promote a kind of organic social harmony

where the divides intensified and abused by the politicians of the past could be brought to a balance. ‘That is why

we want a technical government

with experts in each field so that we would trigger as few ideological disputes as possible.’ – he added.

What would he teach and to whom?

Speaking of the first 100 days Vona mentioned

establishing national minimums regarding e.g. healthcare and education.

Thus, he would start with launching a Parliamentary and social dialogue with NGOs, trade unions and other representative organisations. Speaking about the integration of Roma children, the leader of Jobbik would keep the party’s boarding school initiation. However, that would only be one option. According to Vona,

the goal is integration.

But social experience is that forced integration frequently leads to spontaneous segregation. Thus, streaming, setting differentiated education projects, these ideas are part of the relevant literature, too. Even Lívia Járóka herself, the Fidesz-delegated MEP in charge of developing a Roma strategy wrote about creating differentiated groups.

Who threatens who and who should be afraid?

According to Vona, Jobbik would join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). This and independent heads leading independent institutions would guarantee to hold politicians to account without a political showdown.

He stated that PM Orbán could regard his prison sentence promise said in the parliament as a threat. However, it was said in a heated political debate when he was talking about the corruption scandal of the PM in office. On the contrary,

the Prime Minister threatened part of the Hungarian society

that disagrees with him at a national celebration. Furthermore, he was reading out his pre-written speech which excludes any spontaneous outburst of anger.

Regarding independent courts, Vona highlighted that

Jobbik will do ‘whatever a government can do to ensure the freedom of the judicial system.’

Vona: ‘I feel we are ready to govern Hungary!’

Regarding former Fidesz-oligarch now one of the biggest adversary to PM Orbán, Lajos Simicska Vona said that