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February 26th, 2010

Neo-Nazi commemoration on March 6 called off

By MTI

A neo-Nazi demonstration organised for March 6 will be cancelled, daily Nepszabadsag reported on Friday.

Originally planned by the neo-Nazi organisation NS Front, later the demonstration was taken under the wings of the National Revolutionary Party (NFP), which as a registered party could make the event appear as part of the election campaign, the paper said.

Under the law on assembly, political parties during the election campaign are exempted from restrictions other groupings may have to face.

The rally was planned for March 6 on Heroes Square to commemorate the “Day of Honour”, the break-out of German and Hungarian soldiers from Buda Castle besieged by the Soviet Army in February 1945. Thousands were expected to attend and several anti-fascist groups have announced counter-demonstrations.

Police originally banned the rally citing technical reasons laid down in the assembly law. When the NFP registered as a party and took up the organisation of the event, this was no longer a valid argument and a court overruled the police ban.

Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the NFP called off the demonstration, the paper wrote. They are no longer advertising the event on their website, it said.

The organisation said that police and local authorities have “banded against them”. They also said it was probably Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai pulling the strings in the background.

The paper could not confirm these allegations by police or local authority sources.

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  1. Viking says:
    February 26, 2010 at 10:29 am

    The organisation said that police and local authorities have “banded against them”. They also said it was probably Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai pulling the strings in the background
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    Yeah, most likely and I who thought that “Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai” could not do anything if not Gyurcsany pulled his strings…
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    Anyway this is a tactical manoeuvre that shows (and now ‘bob’ is starting to steam) that Jobbik has a sway with these groups. In the current situation it was better for Jobbik that the demo was called off
    They have learned from Orban, to play both side of the fence, without officially admitting it
    Jobbik wanted to avoid the embarrassment from the ‘internal’ political infighting when Budahazy had to run as an independent for the Parliament and not as a Jobbik MP-hopeful
    Budahazy is running in Budapest XI district