Organiser Zsolt Bayer, a columnist with Magyar Hírlap, said anyone who would not like the IMF to choose a prime minister should be at the demonstration.

The crowd will gather at Heroes Square before proceeding to Kossuth tér via Andrássy út at 4 p.m.

The Green Left Wing and the Workers Party 2006 will hold a press briefing on Kossuth tér at 2.30 p.m. and place some boards there before the pro-government demonstrators arrive.

Orbán’s spokesman Péter Szijjártó said the cabinet is pleased to see ordinary people standing up for Hungary, but, as this will be a civil event, Orbán will not address the crowd."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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