Election 2018 – Jobbik deputy leader calls on entire leadership to resign

Deputy leader of Jobbik Tamás Sneider has called on the entire leadership of the strongest opposition party to follow Gábor Vona in resigning after Sunday’s election defeat.

Jobbik gained altogether 25 out of 199 seats in Hungary’s next parliament with 19,33 percent of votes, with almost all votes counted.

Sneider expressed disappointment over the result in a letter sent to László Toroczkai, also a deputy leader of Jobbik, and posted on Facebook on Monday.

“All of us must resign … not only Gábor Vona. That includes you and me, too, since we have both been part of turning Jobbik into a people’s party,” Sneider said.

Sneider’s post came in response to Toroczkai saying in a Facebook post earlier that “Vona has failed, but Jobbik is alive”, adding that “it will kill Jobbik if Vona’s resignation is a mere manoeuvre”.

He said that after having failed to get close to governing in three consecutive ballots, Jobbik as a party comprising “thousands of decent people” would ultimately lose the chance ever winning a general election unless “it removes the obstacle preventing expansion”.