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Jobbik’s president on governance: We must prove taht our ideas work
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In his with interview Unser Mitteleuropa, Jobbik’s president talked about the Constitutional amendment, the lies of Fidesz’ media machine, Jobbik’s immigration policy and how he related to Western Europe’s move to the right of the political sphere.
Immigration, quota referendum, constitutional amendment
Gábor Vona said that the migration wave was not just a significant problem for Viktor Orbán to solve but an issue that can help him divert attention from the catastrophic conditions in healthcare and education as well as the increasing emigration of Hungarians or the rampant corruption.
“Fidesz’ political activity is characterized by this duality: they fight a problem that they need to maintain in order to keep up the deception.” Jobbik’s president asserted that before agreeing to backing the Constitutional amendment, his party set the condition of withdrawing the residency bonds which the general public is not quite aware of but they nonetheless enable rich non-EU citizens to buy residency permits in Hungary and thus the European Union.
“The government party refused to back this motion because their corrupt dealings with the bonds were apparently more important for them,” said the head of the leading opposition party. As he put it, while Viktor Orbán is known in Europe for his anti-migrant stance, the public is hardly informed of the residency bonds or the fact that “Saudi billionaire Ghaith Pharaon is the PM’s neighbour and his son-in-law’s close business partner, even though he is internationally wanted for such crimes as financing terrorism, for example”.
Mr Vona asserts that Jobbik’s position is clear: “We do want the Constitutional amendment but we refuse to back half-measures – while Fidesz keeps rejecting the full solution. Many citizens have realized afterwards that the Hungarian ’emperor’ has no clothes.”
Noting that Fidesz had spent 15 bn HUF on the unsuccessful referendum, Mr Vona pointed out that the government kept selling residency bonds in territories where migrants were coming from. Furthermore, the bonds are sold via opaque offshore companies linked to the government. “This is a scandalous arrangement which cannot be justified by economic interests since Hungary bonds could be sold in the regular market at much better rates,” said the party president. “Not to mention what an utter provocation it is that Hungary opens a sales office and looks for potential “residents” in Iraq, right when the terrorists of the Islamic State want to flee from there,” Mr Vona added.
He also explained how his party would handle the immigration issue in government: “While considering the international treaties and EU regulations, Jobbik will do whatever it can to preserve Hungary’s monocultural society.” As he put it, multiculturalism is a wrong path, which is bound to fail in Western European countries, and if they still keep forcing it, they will eventually eradicate European culture. In his view, Central and Eastern Europe still has the option to make a different choice and decide not to follow this misguided concept, and he believes such a decision is inevitable. “Multiculturalism is not our way. The current demographic, cultural, economic and social challenges must be solved in a Christian and truly European context.”