"Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to give the opposition five minutes to speak in four years," Péter Márki-Zay started his speech on M1.Continue reading
One cannot be a Christian and vote for ruling Fidesz and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who heads the most corrupt government in Hungary’s thousand-year history, the prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition said late on Sunday.
The press was excluded from the opposition’s campaign event, and could only follow the speeches on projectors outside the building, according to Telex.
Péter Márki-Zay told a regional campaign closing event in Siófok in western Hungary that Orbán has broken several points of the Christian Ten Commandments in recent years, including the commandment “thou shalt not kill,” “because he is responsible for the death of 45,000 Coronavirus victims.” During the epidemic, the government introduced free parking instead of free testing and acquired insufficient vaccines because “even at a time like that, it was most interested in how to steal”.
If the united opposition wins, the love for power will be replaced by the power of love, and every person can freely display their identity, Márki-Zay said.
He also said that everyone would be called to account for wrongdoings, regardless of whether they are on the side of the government or the opposition.
He accused those currently in power of election fraud and thanked opposition activists and poll watchers for their work, saying that “they stand on the right side of history”.
If the united opposition wins, Fidesz’s so-called child protection law will be withdrawn and replaced by legal regulations to protect children also “from Fidesz pedophiles”, he said.
Jobbik leader Péter Jakab said it was shameful that the government had threatened teachers planning a strike and added that contrary to the cabinet’s claims, the real problems in Hungary were not sex-change operations for kindergarten pupils but the weak forint and expensive fuel and food.
DK MEP Klára Dobrev said Orbán was an autocratic dictator but the opposition had established democratic unity against him. The members of the united opposition have learnt how to sit at the same table, reach compromise and fight for common decisions, she added.
Socialist co-leader Ágnes Kunhalmi said it was a “Fidesz lie” that the opposition was on the side of war, as the opposition had also voted in support of a resolution submitted by Fidesz which stated that Hungary would not send soldiers and weapons to Ukraine.
Párbeszéd co-leader and Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony asked for voters in and around Siófok to vote for opposition candidate Anita Potocska Kőrösi to save Lake Balaton.
LMP co-leader Máté Kanász-Nagy said the opposition was ready to implement its social program which involved helping everyone in trouble. Local governments’ rights and resources that enable them to help those in need must be restored, he added.
Momentum board member Anna Orosz said what was at stake at the election was whether Hungary could become a European country with high-quality education, health care, jobs and protected green surfaces.
Independent lawmaker Ákos Hadházy said the only way to reduce corruption was to change the government. He promised increased controls partly as a result of Hungary joining the European prosecutor’s office.
Featured photo via Péter Márki-Zay’s Facebook page
