Jobbik’s president confronts PM Orbán in Parliament

Press release – Jobbik’s president Gábor Vona asked the PM about his migration policy and the ongoing smear campaign, then challenged him to a debate. There was no real response.

Mr. Vona asked the Prime Minister in the hour of questions requiring an immediate answer in the Parliament’s Monday session. Jobbik’s president wanted to know what changed in Fidesz’ migration policy, pointing out that the government, instead of withdrawing the residency bonds, opened yet another sales office in Iraq, thus sending the message to ISIS terrorists that if it’s just too hot for them there, they might as well come to Hungary.

Jobbik’s Constitutional bills are regularly turned down by government MPs while Mr. Orbán keeps holding on to the resolution of the Constitutional Court even though it actually concludes that an amendment would be necessary. In Mr Vona’s view, PM Orbán will travel to Brussels as a fallen politician with an invalid referendum and a failed Constitutional amendment in his bag. Finally, Jobbik’s president noted that Fidesz launched the basest ever smear campaign against him.

“Is the money so important, is the loot so important?” he asked.

Meticulously evading the issue of the residency bonds and the dealings of the Habony Media, Mr Orbán responded as much that Fidesz’ migration policy remained unchanged, they still considered the fight against immigration and migrant allocation quotas a national issue, while Jobbik lowered this national issue to a partisan matter. “We side with the Hungarian people and we will protect Hungary with you or against you, too,” he said.