Joint opposition PM candidate Márki-Zay: ‘Each vote counts’

Péter Márki-Zay, the prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition, said “each and every vote counts in today’s election”, after casting his ballot in Hódmezővásárhely, where he is mayor, on Sunday.

“Each vote counts because a single vote can decide a single election district and a single election district can therefore decide the outcome of today’s ballot,” he said, calling on every Hungarian voter to participate.

“We today have a real election which is not only an opportunity to vote, but, for the first time in twelve years, an opportunity to opt for change,” he said.

He accused the incumbent government that it had done “everything it could” to cement its power “including gerrymandering, monopolising the media and eliminating independent courts including the Constitutional Court”.

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“While there is no democracy and free elections in Hungary today, we still have the chance to oust the most corrupt government in Hungarian history,” he said.