Jobbik won’t form alliance before 2018 election

Budapest, January 15 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party will not enter into any alliance with either the ruling Fidesz party or the Socialists or any other left-wing party before the 2018 general election, spokesman Péter Jakab said, citing the Saturday decision of the party’s national board.

“The period of guesswork is over,” he told a press conference on Sunday, referring to recent rumours “aired by Fidesz and mostly by left-wing intellectuals” about the forces Jobbik would cooperate with.

Jobbik, as a 21st-century political community, will not cooperate with corrupt 20th-century parties which are jointly responsible for the failure of the past 26 years, he said.

The spokesman accused left-wing politicians of no longer wanting to replace Viktor Orbán’s government. Instead, they wish to guarantee their political survival and, to this effect, “they are prepared to ally with almost anyone,” he said.

In turn, Jobbik will “replace the most corrupt government of all time and send to rest the mafia leader alone,” Jakab said