The left wing, he said, should set aside party political interests, their “pitiful childish hysteria” and “think in terms of the nation for once in their life”.

“If the question is whether I can stand Viktor Orbán, I cannot stand him. If the question is whether I could spit because of what happened outside the National Election Office; yes I could spit,” he said, referring to the incident in which a Socialist was stopped from presenting a separate referendum proposal.

Vona said he would like to see a better health care sector, higher standard education, higher wages and a happier and free country, but the path to this “leads over the dead body of Fidesz,” and that will entail domestic political battles.

He said it is coincidental that Jobbik submitted a motion for amending the Basic Law in order to permit a referendum on migrants the day before the prime minister made his announcement.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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