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Opposition parties slam Orbán for presser
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Opposition parties on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in connection with an international press conference Orbán held in Budapest.
The Democratic Coalition (DK) slammed Orbán for “not bothering with real questions from the people and journalists”. DK spokesman Balázs Barkóczi said
Orbán’s was “behaviour typical of mafia dons or dictators that are beyond reach”.
Barkóczi said that at Thursday’s press conference, Orbán “pretends, after the example of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, to be interested in his own country or the questions of journalists”. Meanwhile, he “hides” so he only has to answer questions that had been agreed on well in advance, Barkóczi insisted.
DK has prepared ten questions “that nobody has put to the prime minister and that he will never answer”, Barkóczi said.
He said the questions included:
“Why do over 250,000 pensioners have to live in abject poverty? Why has no national health-care emergency been announced? Why is the climate catastrophe being called ‘climate hysteria’? How much money was sent abroad to fund stadiums and academies across the border? Why is a Russian spy centre being allowed to operate in Budapest? Why does the football academy in [Orban’s home village] Felcsut not abide by the law and publish the invoices DK had sued to have access to? What does it feel like to be the richest Hungarian?”
Meanwhile, green opposition LMP said it had become clear from Orbán’s presser that only his ousting would bring about “a real turnaround” in the fight against climate change in Hungary.