He said people have said ‘yes’ to job creation, the strengthening of the economy, support for SMEs, social security, burden-reducing for families, energy price cuts and pension hikes. Voters have also said ‘yes’ to the new economic policy, the labour-based society and ‘no’ to hatred, extremities and exiting the European Union, he said.

Kocsis said the leftist opposition has still not managed to renew itself; four years after their big defeat, the left-wing parties were running the same politicians who “have already destroyed the country once”. In response to opposition E-PM’s criticism of the election system, Kocsis said attacking the system after the election could create the impression that something was irregular.

However, he noted that every vote has equal worth in Hungary, and the election system has been scrutinised by several organisations including the Venice Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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