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Leader of Hungary’s biggest opposition party, PM Orbán’s challenger, blackmailed by his girlfriend? – UPDATED
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Leader of the opposition Tisza Party, Péter Magyar “had no ideas or convictions; he didn’t want change in the country,” the politician’s former partner, Evelin Vogel, told news portal Index in an interview published on Wednesday, adding that people did not see the real Magyar as “he is not what he seems”. Péter Magyar wrote in a reaction that Evelin tried to blackmail them but she was unsuccessful. Therefore, she turned to Gábor Kubatov, the party director and a VP of Orbán’s Fidesz, which is why she gave an interview to Index, a government-close Hungarian news outlet.
Stormy relationship
“It wasn’t down to Péter alone that he got to where he is; very good people were behind him… These people whom I worked with … had faith, they believed in change for the better,” she said, adding that it wasn’t political ends that motivated them.
Their relationship started well, she said, but later became “stormy”, and they broke up last September. He proposed to her a month later but she said no, Vogel said, adding that she could no longer identify with Magyar, whose words and actions were at odds.
Magyar told her that he had resigned from his posts in government circles voluntarily, she said, insisting she was no longer sure whether this was true or not. He “only went public because he had nothing left to lose,” she added.
“He’s not really a brave person… He always had a big mouth, but when it comes down to it, he plays it safe,” Vogel said.
She said she had mobilised her network of contacts as Magyar, once he had attacked the government system, no longer had any.
Magyar listens to the party treasurer
Vogel said Magyar had not had any qualms about using the audio recordings he made of his ex-wife, the former justice minister Judit Varga, and he had not revealed their content to her at the time. He thought the tapes were “a much stronger trump card” compared to the effect they ended up having, she said.
Meanwhile, Vogel said she had introduced to Magyar a businessperson who works as the party’s treasurer. Magyar “still listens” to this individual, whom she did not identify. The person provides Magyar with information from government circles, she insisted.
Magyar, she said, concentrated on himself, while his team tried to build the party organisation. “I was at the receiving end of Péter’s anger and dissatisfaction. He wasn’t there with us, he didn’t work with the others…” she said, accusing him of negativity and badmouthing members of his own team.
Vogel said their relationship deteriorated and she did not accompany him on his nationwide tour.
She was scared
She recalled an argument between them while her child was sitting in the car. “He started yelling at me in the street … and I was scared, I felt threatened … and if I recall right, I started crying then or later. Whatever the case, I saw the child sitting in the car crying.”
Sorry Peter Magyar but your best strategy would be to remain celebate until the 2026 election. Every girlfirend you might have will be approached for sure with big money to make negative publicity for you. Fidesz has played dirty for years and they are desperate to pull you down.
People should remember how he treated his wife. Out of jealousy, he ratted her out. No woman should dirty her hands with him, he is not worth it.
Of course Pete is not what he seems. His entire existence is the creation of those (mostly foreign) nefarious actors who have been unable to dislodge Mr. Orban through Karacsony & co., even after pouring billions into their and other anti-Orban campaigns. It’s been pretty effective because people are people. Human nature is such that we get bored of the same old faces, same old voices, same old anything, regardless of how good or bad they are, and we are attracted to novelty.
Make no mistake, though: Nothing about Magyar is real or authentic. It’s all carefully choreographed, all to get rid of the Orban government and at long last turn Hungary into another globalist-socialist province of Europe. They basically want to pick up where they left off with Gyurcsany, when Orban came along and threw a wrench in their works. They succeeded in Poland with Tusk; they are just biding their time to do the same here.
Convenient timing? Guess the regime views Magyar as more of a threat than the rest of the opposition?
Something media could learn from Magyar and leverage, his systematic approach to and highlighting issues that concern citizens, in not just urban centres, but Orban’s voting heartland in regions highlighting issues with governance, corruption, transport, health care etc.
By highlighting and going through exemplars of other issues, he can gain media coverage and compels at least some media to pa6 attention and not just follow and fawning over Fidesz and their talking points…. one day they will not be in power…..