Concerning the opposition’s candidate for Budapest mayor, Szigetvári said that “there is a good chance (incumbent) mayor István Tarlós will be challenged by a worthy opponent”. He added that he saw no chance for further changes to the draft agreement and insisted that the parties “will have to say yes or no”.

He said he was confident “corrupt mayors delegated by (ruling) Fidesz to many districts” will be “cleared away” by left-liberal candidates of the opposition. Csaba Molnár, the deputy head of the Democratic Coalition, said the draft also contained an agreement on the compensation lists of districts, as well as a proposed distribution of constituencies. He added that he expected his party’s board to grant approval to the agreement.

Socialist politician Csaba Horváth said on Sunday that besides having to select a joint candidate for the mayor of Budapest, the left-of-centre opposition parties have yet to decide on candidates for nine of the capital’s 15 districts, where they are planning to run joint candidates.

Unless these outstanding issues are resolved it will be impossible to come to a common standpoint on the question of a joint candidate for the mayor of Budapest, he said.

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