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Márki-Zay Responsible for Hungary’s Opposition Defeat, Says Jobbik Leader

• 5 Apr 2022 7:23 AM
• Hungary Matters

Prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition Péter Márki-Zay is responsible for the defeat of the opposition, Jobbik leader Péter Jakab said, reacting to the outcome of Sunday’s general election in which Fidesz won a fourth successive supermajority.

Jakab said on Facebook early on Monday that last October Márki-Zay had been given an “army” of six opposition parties and the considerable advantage the opposition enjoyed against the ruling parties in the polls.

“After six months, the opposition’s lead has changed to a disadvantage,” he added. Less talk and clearer, better-considered messages would have brought more votes, he said. He added that Márki-Zay promised to renew the opposition in October but rather than doing so, “he has actually caused its fall”.

The unity and cooperation of the six opposition parties must be maintained because it has no alternative, he said.

The opposition must stand up and prepare to take over control in case a public outcry caused by austerity measures “sweeps away the regime”.

“We are preparing for that, but without Márki-Zay,” he said.


MTI Photo: Szilárd Koszticsák

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