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Parliament to vote on the next Hungarian president on Monday
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Budapest, March 12 (MTI) – Hungary’s parliament will vote on the country’s next president on Monday, the lawmakers’ agenda shows. George Soros, the Hungarian-born US billionaire, is behind the candidacy of László Majtényi for Hungary’s president, the communications director for governing Fidesz said at a press conference on Sunday.
The ruling Fidesz-Christian-Democrat alliance has nominated János Áder, the incumbent president, for the next five-year term, while the leftist opposition has put forward former data protection commissioner László Majtenyi.
The president will be selected in a secret ballot in a single round if one of the candidates garners two thirds of the vote. Otherwise a second round will be held in which a simple majority will decide.
The process of electing the president will start at 9.30 in the morning.
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Fidesz: Majtényi ‘Soros’s candidate’
“Available information indicates that László Majtényi is actually the candidate of George Soros. George Soros’s interests and George Soros’s money are behind him,” said Balázs Hidvéghi.
Whoever serves the power and business interests of this “billionaire stock market speculator” cannot serve Hungarian interests, as the two exclude each other, he added.