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Another big protest by Péter Magyar was organised against the government – UPDATED
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Péter Magyar, the husband of the former Justice Minister, now at the centre of attention, handed over the incriminating footage to the prosecution before calling for a demonstration tonight. A large number of people responded to the call.
As we detailed earlier this morning, footage emerged of the former minister alleging that members of the Hungarian government had interfered in a corruption case, falsifying documents. Full details can be found here.
At 6 p.m., Péter Magyar convened his followers. Approximately a thousand people gathered at the outset of the demonstration on Markó Street, facing the Prosecutor General’s Office. In his speech, Magyar emphasised that this wasn’t a partisan affair but a demonstration for the nation. He said that, following the airing of the tape, the courts had no choice but to summon ministers and eventually the prime minister. Magyar urged the crowd not to allow the authorities to sweep under the rug the most significant political and moral scandal of the past three decades.
How the protest by Péter Magyar unfolded?
The throng chanted “To prison, to prison!” as Péter Magyar called for the resignation of Attorney General Péter Polt. He then asked the crowd to demonstrate on Kossuth Square that “this nation belongs not to the Tiborczs, Rogáns and Polt Péters but to the Hungarian people.”
The crowd swelled to several thousand as they marched slowly towards Kossuth Square, led by a group of torchbearers. After filling most of the square, thousands more gathered to hear Péter Magyar’s address at Vértanúk Square.
“We’re well aware of what Viktor Orbán chooses to ignore.” Magyar highlighted the prime minister’s disregard for the rule of law, the Istanbul Pact, the nurses’ case as well as his apparent neglect of pardon cases and investigations by the prosecutor general.
“My dear friends, we wait in vain for an audio recording wherein the Prime Minister will tell us how his family came into possession of 300 billion forints of public money.”
The impromptu demonstration concluded at 7:30 p.m. By eight o’clock, Péter Magyar remained in Vértanúk Square, encircled by hundreds eager to talk to him.
Central Investigation Prosecutor’s Office reaction
The Central Investigation Prosecutor’s Office (KNYF) said in the afternoon that Magyar had been heard again as a witness by the Metropolitan Investigation Prosecutor’s Office in an ongoing criminal case.
Prior to the interview, Magyar made public a recording of a private conversation he had with his ex-wife.
Apparently Peter Magyar’s family has a lot of their own security protecting them right now. You don’t know at what point forces within Fidesz will turn to violence to protect their criminal interests.
Democracy – with the ESCULATING or EXPLOSIVE findings again, of this Orban – Fidesz Government of Hungary, that continue to expose this Government, under the current Prime Minister – Victor Mihaly Orban, composed of individuals who are “rotten to the core” just CORRUPT, that under DEMOCRACY, we the citizens of Hungary, we have a RIGHT to orderly DEMONSTRATE.
The mounting PRESSURIZATION on the current Prime Minister – Victor Mihaly Orban, on his Government, and on the “collapsing” Hungarian Economy, then “throw” into ALL the cataclysmic MESS that under Victor Mihaly Orban has GIVEN us as a country, the image of Hungary – we have been – our proud historical “brand name” the respect for us as a country, by Global Democratic country’s – this Orban Government has DECIMATED smashed” the name of our country HUNGARY.
WHAT do we WANT Hungary ?
REMEMBER :
“It’s easy to stand in a crowd’
but it takes COURAGE to stand alone.”
Hungary – our standing, coming together in SOLIDARITY with courage, we MUST.
It’s striking how a vindictive husband, who has benefited from the system for years, gets so much attention for damaging his wife.
The real story is not a vindictive husband, but the fact that Hungarians live in a dictatorship where their tax money is given for free to oligarchs by the Prime Minister himself. There is no justice in Hungary, only corruption and cronysm. It’s like little rusia. Hungary is supposed to be a modern European democracy with good living standards, not a third world shithole.
At most there were 30 protestors not counting media. That is not a definition of a large crowd.