Lomnici Jr: Opposition Parties Had No 'National Programme'
- 10 Apr 2018 9:18 AM
- Hungary Matters
Parties of the Hungarian opposition had “no national programme” for the parliamentary election, Zoltán Lomnici Jr, a constitutional lawyer, told public television M1 commenting on the election results.
“Coordination within the opposition, the policy of agreements made at petrol stations as suggested by websites, the shady deals made in the background have failed,” Lomnici said. On the other hand, he added, the ruling parties have advocated “reality-driven” policies.
Fidesz “could have campaigned with its economic, social policy or welfare achievements, but they chose to take on a tougher subject: the issue of security for the people.”
The opposition was unable to communicate with rural voters. Hungarians in the countryside, however “have saved a fragmented Budapest” and “saved the country from becoming a migrant destination”, he added.
Lomnici also said that high turnout at the polls indicated that people have confidence in the electoral system.
Political scientist Béla Galló told M1 that voters had been “deterred from the opposition parties by their incompetence”.
He said that the leftist parties’ defeat was rooted in a “deep structural antagonism” rather than in tactical errors.
High turnout may have suggested that the opposition succeeded in mobilising voters, but the results indicate that the ruling parties would have won anyway, even if the whole of the opposition had cooperated, Galló insisted.
Galló also pointed out that while the opposition parties have a voter base in cities only, the ruling parties were mostly supported by people living in rural areas.
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