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March 15 – Opposition parties hold joint demonstration
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Hungary’s parliamentary opposition parties emphasised the importance of cooperation at a joint demonstration held on the occasion of the March 15 national holiday on Budapest’s Szabadsajtó (Freedom of the Press) Road on Friday.
Klára Dobrev, who heads the European parliamentary election list of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called for the establishment of a “normal, livable” Hungary, which she said required “clearing out the Orbán regime”.
She said everyone who is a patriot today must revolt against the Fidesz government. Revolts must break out in courtrooms, at schools by teachers and by everyone who can afford to do so because “there can be no deal with tyranny”, Dobrev said.
Those who still strike a deal with Orbán’s regime for the sake of their livelihood “destroy their own future”, she added.
Dobrev said Europe would be stronger and more united after the May European parliamentary election. She confirmed that her party considers the idea of a united states of Europe not a nightmare but a programme to be implemented, adding that the only question was whether Hungary would be part of it.
Independent MP Ákos Hadházy said that instead of talking too much and plotting against each other, the opposition parties needed to work and organise themselves, and instead of resignation they needed resolve and determination.
Hadházy said the opposition should delegate at least one inspector to every polling station in the European parliamentary elections and announced that opposition MPs will soon “blockade” the public television headquarters.
Péter Márki-Zay, mayor of Hódmezővásárhely and head of the Everyone’s Hungary Movement, said the governing politicians had “good reason” to be scared because something had changed. “Here and now, a national unity has been created,” he said.
Márki-Zay called on the parties to support the most suitable, preferably independent candidates, who can also attract votes from Fidesz voters in the autumn municipal election, instead of “party soldiers”.
Jobbik spokesman Péter Jakab said Orbán did not understand the message of March 15, saying that it was “not the holiday of the tyrant but of the people”.
So, instead of taking a long, hard look at themselves, and wondering why they are not popular, these opposition parties want a “revolt” against a government that was democratically elected with a large majority last year!
Like the obsessives trying to oust Trump, or the Remainers trying to overcome the result of the Brexit referendum, or the Scottish Nationalists agitating endlessly for another vote on Scottish independence, these people are the real enemies of democracy, as they are unwilling to accept that they lost. Instead of agitiating for teachers to rebel, they should be developing a positive vision for the future of Hungary that will win widespread support. They simply do not know how to do politics.
Also, may I again point out the absurdity of the MSZP, the DK and LMP making common cause with the neonazi Joobbik.