Hungary's Incoming President Expresses 'Personal Commitment to National Unity'
- 19 Apr 2022 8:02 AM
- Hungary Matters
Katalin Novák, the incoming president of the republic, said in a radio interview that it was her personal commitment to express national unity.
In the interview on public radio hosted by Zoltán Balog, Bishop of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Novák said her job of promoting the unity of the nation would be difficult — as there were many fault lines to rise above — though not impossible.
She said she was convinced that the majority of Hungarians longed for national unity.
Novák said her duty to promote national unity was not only prescribed by Hungary’s Fundamental Law “but it is also my own personal commitment”.
She said her points of reference were God, faith, family and friends. The incoming president emphasised the importance of the family, saying that “our common history embraces the history of Hungarian families”.
Novák also said she was conscious of belonging to a generation that had not be born into freedom but had lived part of their lives in freedom.
Noting that “it can often be divisive [when a public figure] talks about religion and faith,” Balog asked Novák what her faith meant to her. Novák replied that her faith in God was an integral part of her life and decisive in all areas.
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