Lawmaker Zoltán Lukács said that the party also wants the government to instruct state-owned companies to withdraw their advertisements. Further, the Socialists have called on all public figures, political parties, politicians, athletes and artists to boycott the news portal in protest of the article.

Fidesz lawmaker Gergely Gulyás condemned 888.hu for the article in a Facebook post and expressed solidarity with the Socialist leader’s family.

The Liberal Party has also called on the government to cut ties with 888. hu and applauded Gulyás’s comment denouncing the article. Lukács said the Socialists want Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other members of Fidesz’s leadership to publicly speak out against the portal, arguing that failure to do so would equate to endorsing the article.

Tóbiás said that he has taken legal action against 888.hu and will do so against any other media outlet that publishes the article.

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