DK Launches Month-Long ‘Stay At Home’ Campaign
- 30 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is launching its own month-long campaign in protest against the government’s referendum on the European Union’s migrant quotas, the party’s deputy leader said. DK will put up 500 billboards and 100,000 smaller posters encouraging voters to stay away from the Oct. 2. referendum, Csaba Molnár said.
DK will also launch a campaign over social media sites and tour the country, he said, adding that DK’s campaign is likely to cost 10 million forints (EUR 32,300).
The October referendum will be an “anti-EU, fake referendum” with a “fake question” whose only aim is to authorise the government to initiate Hungary’s exit from the EU. DK wants voters to realise that staying away would be tantamount to voting for Hungary to remain an EU member, he said.
The campaign will start with DK leader Ferenc Gyurcsány giving a speech on a Danube boat on Friday. The campaign will have a London stretch in the second half of September, Molnár added. On the last day, Oct. 1. plans are to form a live chain around the Hungarian Parliament building, he said.
The campaign’s main slogan is: “Stay at home, stay in Europe!,” he added.
Asked if there was any cooperation between opposition parties for the campaign period, Molnár said the Socialists and DK have agreed to activate each other’s’ support camps at their respective events on Oct. 1. and Oct. 2.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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