Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai is turning to the courts over an interview conducted with László Pesty in daily Helyi Téma, which was subsequently reproduced in a documentary by Pesty, government portal magyarorszag.hu announced. The name of Pesty’s documentary is “Time of Thieves.”
Bajnai has won won similar libel cases in the past, and Fidesz-supporting daily Magyar Nemzet was ordered to publish corrections, the portal notes.
István Tarlós’s campaign chief in his unsuccessful bid to become Budapest’s mayor in 2006 and created a film for opposition leader Viktor Orbán’s website in 2007.
