Serious Infighting in the Ruling Party Fidesz

According to Index.hu, none of the leaders of Fidesz threatened his party companions so openly like Janos Lazar, the one of the board member of the party. Many Fidesz members think of the interview of Lazar to the Figyelő.net as a watershed moment. They think that Lazar carefully coordinated his action with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Janos Lazar sent a message to Vice President Zoltan Pokorni and to the Chairman of the Board, Laszlo Kover, in his interview given to the Figyelő that he thinks they are on the wrong path when they are criticizing the others’ accumulation of wealth. The minister said that the two „political veterans” are just weakening or killing themselves.

Zoltan Pokorni said three weeks ago to the Hír TV that, because of the American allegations of corruption, it is no longer allowable that some pro-government politicians make expensive journeys, or build a multi-million house, he expected moderate behaviour from his fellows.

There were not serious gaps in the party, in spite of the serious popularity loss. Even after the war betwen Simicska and Orban, the party showed itself intact. A lot of people thought Simicska could not make trouble in the party, Index.hu said.

Lazar said that there is a gap in the leadership of the party. Various personal conflicts can be heard so far too, but they were not public. The conflict between Lazar and Kover was not known. However, according to the words of the Minister, it appears that he and some younger Fidesz-member feel resentment against older Fidesz-people. As it happenes, against those who are against the luxurious lifestyle. Lazar distinguished two opposing groups based on the generation in the interview.

Thirties and forties generation: Janos Lazar, Antal Rogan, Peter Szijjarto, Andras Giro-Szasz and Arpad Habony adviser.

Political veterans: Laszlo Kover, Zoltan Pokorni.

But, accoring to Index.hu, he did not speak about Viktor Orban, the biggest political veteran in his interview. In addition, Lajos Kosa is also clearly one of the veterans of the party, but because of his affairs, which became public in the last weeks, he is touched by Pokorni’s words too. . And it also does not refer to generation opposition that Gergely Gulyas, who is not a veteran, also criticized the Fidesz-leaders’ accumulation of wealth.