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Liberals urge voters to participate in quota referendum
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Budapest, August 15 (MTI) – The Liberal party disagrees with the other opposition parties that want voters to boycott the Oct 2 referendum on migrant quotas and is urging citizens to participate in the vote and “stand up for European values”, the party’s foreign policy expert said on Monday.
István Szent-Iványi told public news channel M1 that those who “stand aside” on Oct 2 by abstaining from the vote will be unable to protect European values, Hungary’s belonging to Europe or European solidarity. He said the Liberals have a duty to say “yes” to Europe and solidarity.
Asked whether he thought the opposition parties urging voters to stay home on Oct 2 would blame the Liberals if turnout for the referendum is above the 50 percent validity threshold, Szent-Ivanyi said those parties had already begun blaming them. But the Liberals disagree with “clinging to the myth of the validity threshold,” he said, adding that the question of validity has “no real relevance” in the case of this referendum because it will have “no direct legislative effect”.