Referring to “a scrap of paper” which he said had been handed into the Hungarian foreign ministry by the Americans, he said the document contained a collection of the political slanders of the opposition over the past few years.

He said Ferenc Gyurcsány, on the night of the parliamentary elections, which were “a catastrophic failure for them”, announced that he would do everything to overthrow Orbán and his government.

The Fidesz deputy parliamentary group leader added that it was probable that Gyurcsány had “worked with foreign help” to fulfil his promise, since he had not participated in parliamentary work for several weeks.

Orbán told public Kossuth Radio on Friday that the US entry ban was losing its gravity and “the whole thing is becoming more and more chaotic”. Orbán referred to the purported embassy document as “a scrap of paper” with no stamp or signature, containing an “unstructured collection of accusations we heard from the opposition during the past four years”.

The document appears “as if somebody wanted to drag us back into the political situation before the elections”, he added. “One takes criticism from friends seriously... but now it is becoming more and more difficult,” Orbán said, adding that “any ambassador presenting a paper like that to a government should be withdrawn from their post the next day.”

The US embassy in response said it would not comment on its communications with the Hungarian government.

“We generally do not comment on private communications between governments or with private individuals,” the US embassy’s spokesperson said in a statement.

“As we have noted before, however, the U.S. government is in close, frequent contact with the Hungarian government at many levels on the whole range of issues on which we cooperate, including the fight against corruption, and we will continue to work closely with the Government of Hungary on these issues,” Elizabeth Webster said.

Democratic Coalition (DK) spokesman Zsolt Gréczy said in response to the Fidesz accusations that Gyurcsány and DK did indeed want to see the “Orbán regime” overthrown.

People who attend anti-government protests in their masses want the same, he added.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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