Local eletions – Fidesz: Voters to choose between well-tested and unsuitable candidates in October

Voters at the municipal elections on October 13 will have to choose between mayors who have already proven their skills and unsuitable candidates, Cabinet Chief Antal Rogán said late on Sunday.

The opposition’s joint candidate for Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, who has been mayor of Budapest’s 14th district for five years, has “filled many posts in many forms, starting his career in the liberal SZDSZ party and the green LMP to become prime ministerial candidate of the Socialists. In the meantime, he neglected his district, almost bringing it to ruin,” Rogan told commercial channel HírTV.

Unlike Karácsony, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós is a well-tested and experienced mayor who does “not shy away from getting into conflict even with the government if the interests of the city so dictate,” he added.

The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats have well-tested and experienced mayors in almost all towns and villages who are doing their job well, Rogán said.

The opposition candidates who run against them, however, have a single purpose, namely to pave the way for the left wing to come to power, he added.