Orbán’s party: Gyurcsány is behind the candidate who overthrew Gyurcsány’s wife

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz is making changes to its anti-Gyurcsány signature drive launched in September to put more focus on Peter Marki-Zay, Máté Kocsis, the party’s group leader has said.

Supported by the six opposition parties, Márki-Zay, the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely, won on Sunday the prime ministerial primary in the campaign leading up to next spring’s general election. (Here is the final result: Márki-Zay wins opposition primary)

Going forward, Fidesz’s petition will be called “Stop Gyurcsány! Stop Márki-Zay!”, Kocsis said in a Facebook post on Monday.

“It has been decided that Péter Márki-Zay will be the one on the back of whom [Democratic Coalition leader] Ferenc Gyurcsány will try to get back into power,” he said.

The opposition’s recent statements make it clear that they want to govern together, “which is no surprise, given that the PM candidate can’t do anything without the support of the largest parliamentary group, which is ruled by [former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc] Gyurcsany”, he said.