” We are master of our coming!” and” Wake up Hungarians” were displayed in banners held by the cheering crowds.
Ferenc ISZA
On the eve of EU votes, hundreds of thousands of people mobilized to support Hungarian opposition figure Peter Magyar, who has emerged as the main opposition figure for long-standing patriotic Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Though Orban’s Fidesz gathering stands to gain an irrefutable 50 percent of vote, according to the latest polls, Magyar’s Tisza activity is expected to win around 27 percent on Sunday.
Following a kid abuse forgive scandal that shaken Orban’s authorities in an exceptional way, Magyar, a 43-year-old previous government insider, rose to prominence earlier this year.
He has criticized a” program” firmly under the control of Orban, who has been in power in the northern European nation without interruption since 2010, making him the longest-serving leader in the EU.
” Together we can keep Hungary… We are here, and we are ready to change our life, the destiny that a thief, harsh energy wants to establish on us”, he told a huge crowd, with some waving Hungarian flags.
” Viktor Orban has been keeping his individual people in fear”, he added.
Advertisements held by the cheering people read” Light up Hungarians” and” We are masters of our potential”.
” It’s great to be here because people have trust” for a “better prospect for their families”, Zoltan Ekes, a 49- yr- ancient manager, told AFP.
Geza Kenyer, a 51- year- ancient expert, said it was the first Magyar occasion he attended to rally “incredible corruption”.
Orban and his folks have no principles another than maintaining power, according to Kenyer, who used to support Fidesz” a long time ago.”
Orban has vowed to “occupy Brussels” as a deep- right fall across Europe is expected in the EU votes.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians gathered next weekend for a “peace february” organized by Orban, 61, who is stoking anxieties of a West-Russian conflict that he attributes to NATO and Brussels.
Orban has described the forthcoming European Parliament elections as a vote on the turmoil in Ukraine and has declared himself to be “fighting for peace only” in the EU.
Despite its conquest of Ukraine, Orban has remained Moscow’s closest ally in the EU and has continued to block Western military assistance.
After it became clear that the next president Katalin Novak had pardoned a child offender’s friend, a rare public indignation erupted in Hungary earlier this year.
Novak resigned, but anger at the government– and Orban’s stranglehold on power– has continued to be expressed at Magyar rallies.
On Sunday in Hungary, nearly eight million people will be called to the polls. At the same time as the EU elections, municipal elections will be held.
