Speakers at political party rallies held on Monday, the day Hungary marked the 162nd anniversary of the outbreak of its 1848/49 revolution and war of independence from the Habsburgs, focused on the upcoming parliamentary elections in April.
Official celebrations started with hoisting the Hungarian Republic’s flag in front of Parliament. High state officials including President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and House Speaker Bela Katona, as well as government members and representatives of the parliamentary parties and the diplomatic corps attended the ceremony.
Speaking at the rally of the ruling Socialists, Attila Mesterhazy, the party’s prime minister-candidate, called his party the “last bastion of progress, freedom and solidarity” in the country, the only party that can prevent “the aggressive expansion of the right” and keep the vision of a modern, European Hungary alive. He accused main opposition Fidesz party leader Viktor Orban of an intention to establish a one-party system in a democratic framework.
Addressing the campaign opening rally of Fidesz, the party seen to form Hungary’s next government, Viktor Orban said the first round of the elections on April 11 will be the “moment of truth” and the day giving way for a “quick, thorough, shocking and constitutional change.” He called on voters to turn up at the polls and cast their ballots to help Fidesz gain a decisive victory.
Gabor Vona, the head of non-parliamentary Jobbik, told their rally that the party wanted to and would win the parliamentary elections. Jobbik, which may become the third largest party in parliament, Vona said would call for tough punishment on “politicians committing crimes”, abolishing parliamentary immunity and protect Hungarian farmland from foreign ownership.
Jobbik MEP Krisztina Morvai said that politicians should be held to account and called for the creation of a “Bank of Hungary”.
At the Budapest City Council’s commemoration Mayor Gabor Demszky accused Jobbik of inciting hatred against the parliamentary rule of law, social tranquillity, the Roma and Jewish communities, foreigners living in Hungary, and all those who do not share the party’s views, as well as the European Union and western values.
“The more seats Jobbik wins in Parliament, the worse for the Hungarian nation and the more vulnerable Hungarian democracy will become,” Demszky said.
Whoever wrote this article is a liar!!!!!!!!!!! Jobbik Will be close to winning the election 2nd definite but third no way!!! Go Jobbik Number One!! We can do it!
@Law
There is more truth in your 2-1/2 lines than the entire aticle.
I would say that the MSZP is cooked. Jobbik needs to beat Fidesz also and as you say, it could go either way.
They predicted 2.5% for Jobbik one week before the EP election and they got 15%. Draw your own conclusion…
Whoever wrote this article is a liar!!!!!!!!!!! Jobbik Will be close to winning the election 2nd definite but third no way!!!
Law at March 16, 2010 10:43 AM
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How can you be a liar making a prediction?
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“Gabor Vona, the head of non-parliamentary Jobbik, told their rally that the party wanted to and would win the parliamentary elections”
“would win”
Does mean in my dictionary becoming the biggest party?
Not coming 2nd
It means Jobbik expects to beat Fidesz
Well for that Jobbik needs all it lucks it can get and I would like that to happen, so we faster get rid of this embarrassment of a democratic party
Jobbik getting any real responsibility this year would totally overwhelm them, they would just concentrate into how to get their people into the different honey-pots and establishing Magyar Garda as the new Csendorseg, so they would forget the rest of what it means to govern
The current Greek crisis will just be a mild breeze what we would have to expect after some years of Jobbik-rule
Is Jobbik sponsored by RockWool?
Check out their March 15 speeches and behind them is always this big orange (of all colours, being the Fidesz colour) sign with ROCKWOLL
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Do we have a conspiracy here, given the fact that Rockwell is a US-company (it means it must be owned by Jews) and Csurka Istvan, leader of the original modern Hungarista party, that Jobbik broke away from, always claims that the Jobbik-people any way are just Mossad agents (Mossad being the Israeli Security Services)?
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They could not get their Jobbik-approved Gangsters up on the podium, behind the speaker, just to hide the sign?
Or would that be against the tradition that the Leader is always to be alone, strong in his eternal wisdom?
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Not that they did not have enough of those Jobbik-Gangsters, just check them out in both Police-similar and military outfits:
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http://www.hunhir.hu/magazin.php?pid=keptar&oid=ut&id=000162
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Maybe this Jobbik affection for uniforms truly makes Csurka’s point?
Viking: You know, perhaps the best thing for everyone is for Jobbik to have some responsibility. As you point out, being in government is not just about having the power to change all the rules, it’s more about having the responsibility of keeping everything running. In many ways, (and I’m honestly not trying to be facetious here) there are parallels to when Hamas was elected in Palestine. The challenges and burdens of government could be a formative influence on Jobbik. It certainly seems as though the current government has little interest in the country, so who knows, it may end up a good thing all round. What I think it comes down to ultimately is what they might do when they have to choose between their ideology and the pragmatic realism of everday life.
@ all
Take a look – I wanted to see if the mainstream media covered March 15 -
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/SCENARIOS-Possible-outcomes-of-Hungarys-April-election-2010-03-15T175330Z
Olga,
Funny that they did not mention the most likely alternative – Jobbik win 100%
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“It could also allow Fidesz to grant dual citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living beyond the borders”
(As a comment on Fidesz winning 2/3rd majority)
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I fail to see how, if Fidesz really implements this, would make any positive market reaction, then such a move, if uni-lateral, will just increase tension in the region and, depending on the exact law, could put a severe strain on the Hungarian economy
So that comment is a bit off topic when judging market response
@ Viking
Just for you:
http://english.sina.com/world/p/2010/0315/308952.html
“The far right Jobbik party, which appears ready to pull votes from both the left and the right, held its own commemoration of the holiday, in which party leader Gabor Vona said he expected to win next month’s elections. About 100 members of the paramilitary Hungarian Guard formed an honor guard around the Jobbik gathering.”
Did he really say that or was he misquoted?
I tried to get English speaking “evil mainstream media” coverage concerning yesterday’s rallies but it’s difficult due to lack of available articles
Thanks Olga,
The message from yesterday is that Jobbik will win
The leadership of course knows this very unlikely, but it has 2 reasons:
1) Mobilize as many as possible by ‘riding the wave’
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2) Preparing for the Ultimate Mouse Tactic
Copying Csurka’s MIEP every time they lost the elections
Maybe they are preparing, which they always been saying, to go ‘underground’
Jobbik as such will probably not be legally disbanded, but some of its perifer actions will probably be targeted more hard in the future, especially with Fidesz having a firm grip on the Parliament
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On the other side, the news is from China, so it *must* be double true, then Jobbik hate the US (‘big jim’) and loves everything from the East
It is ‘our kind’ speaking
What the fuckers forget is that it was the Chinese who forced them (back) to Hungary
What the fuckers forget is that it was the Chinese who forced them (back) to Hungary
Viking at March 16, 2010 6:56 PM
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I should have put that a bit more stringent to reflect what I meant:
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What the fuckers forget is that it was the Chinese who forced the Magyars (back) to Hungary
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I do not equate between Jobbik-bums and Magyars, even if the first group normally likes to equate themselves with the latter