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Jobbik: Hungary’s Fidesz to use Lukashenko’s methods to get rid of opposition candidate
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Hungary is going to hold a by-election in one of its eastern constituencies in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County on 11th October as the region’s Fidesz-delegated MP passed away. The election has a certain symbolic significance since if Fidesz loses this parliamentary seat, which appears to be likely according to the data of the previous elections, then it may lose its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
Press release from Jobbik
Based on the conclusions drawn from last year’s municipal elections, the opposition parties, namely the Democratic Coalition, Jobbik, Politics Can Be Different, the Hungarian Socialist Party, Momentum, Dialogue and MMM decided to run a joint candidate: László Bíró, who is a member of Jobbik. Viktor Orbán, who harshly criticized the EU on his visit to Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko just a few weeks ago, now wants to block Mr Bíró from running and thus reduce the voting to a single candidate.
Just a few minutes before the deadline to announce the candidacies on Friday, Fidesz appealed against László Bíró running as the joint opposition candidate in the by-elections.
So, even though the official campaign started on Saturday morning, László Bíró is currently not allowed to run against Fidesz’ candidate who happens to be the daughter of the deceased MP.
The Fidesz regime found quite an absurd pretext to block the joint opposition candidate from running: László Bíró is a member of centre-right conservative Jobbik party, which elected a new board and a new president last January. Although Jobbik’s new president Péter Jakab has received the court resolution of his registration into his office, the competent Budapest-Capital Regional Court has failed to enter the party’s resolutions and Péter Jakab’s presidency into the registry.
Jobbik, Puppet of George Soros. Fear Monger much? Please find a new line of work, many of you would make great comedians.
the real question is: when Orban starts to lose his grip on power, what will he be capable of doing to protect his cronies, family and mostly himself from prosecution, justice and accountability? this is the first step…