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Thousands of anti-government protesters in Budapest, bridge seized
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Former joint opposition prime minister candidate and leader of the Everybody’s Hungary Movement called those to Budapest who are unsatisfied with the government’s latest decisions about the KATA tax and the utility price caps. Thousands gathered by 7 pm at Budapest’s Margaret Bridge.
The government announced earlier this week that the utility price cap scheme would be limited to average consumption levels from 1 August. Those who consume more energy than the average will have to pay the market price. Average monthly electricity consumption in Hungary is 210 kWh, while an average household consumes 144 cubic meters of gas a month, Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, said on Wednesday.
Furthermore, the government modified the small business tax, KATA. As a result, hundreds of thousands will not be able to remain in the scheme and lose their livelihood. The desperate protestors regard the decision as a slap in the face.
Therefore, Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition’s former prime minister candidate, and his Everybody’s Hungary Movement organised a demonstration in Budapest downtown. The protest ran under the name of “Protest against Fidesz” on Facebook. The slogan was “Wake up, Hungary!”, referring to Fidesz’s 2006 demonstrations against the Gyurcsány-lead Socialist cabinet. The group said on Facebook that the demonstration was on behalf of “victims of the [Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán system”, and they represented the interests of small business taxpayers, teachers, police, health-care workers and pensioners.
Róbert Molnár, the mayor of Kübekháza, said that only those could receive government allocations who bent their knees to Orbán. He refused to do so. As a result, his settlement received nothing from the government – blikk.hu reported.
ORDERLY – driven by the RIGHT granted citizens under DEMOCRACY.
Freedom to express OPINIONS – which demonstrations conducted in an ORDERLY manner – have a RIGHT under Democracy.
We object – we demonstrate – orderly, and NEVER – give reason or be witnessed as the AGGRESSORS.
We LIVE in Hungary – under an AGGRESSIVE styled Dictatorial Government.
Hungary knows this – the European Union, United Kingdom and America – GLOBALLY growing – KNOW this.
ORDERLY – the present Government – take them on – challenge them, continue to SHAME & EMBARRASS them, their aggression – the styled Dictatorial Government they – FACTUALLY are – and let the list GROW – that they are the AGGRESSORS.