Audio manipulation alleged over controversial comments by Fidesz firebrand

The Egyenlitő blog published a post yesterday that Fidesz firebrand László Kövér was caught on tape saying that Békés County should be turned into a reservoir, that votes should be bought, religion should be part of the census, the police are corrupt and that the role of prosecutors should be legally changed so that they answer to the government.

Naturally, this has upset some people, not least of whom are Fidesz themselves, who according to Magyar Nemzet have promised legal action and fired back that the audio was heavily edited and manipulated, claiming that the “reservation plan” was an observation about the Socialists’ last eight years in power and that the vote-buying scheme was a joke plan put forward by a Slovakian liberal party that appeared in the Hungarian press some time ago, not to mention the other alleged statements. Kövér is, of course, known for making controversial statements, so it remains to be seen what will become of this, as the Egyenlitő blog doesn’t appear to be backing down.