“We have reached a point where the thieving Fidesz is marking Tisza supporters on the map. They are throwing people’s names, addresses and lives to their janissaries. This is a crime, a serious crime, a politically motivated crime aimed at intimidation,” Magyar said in an emotional video posted on Facebook. “What’s the next step? Yellow stars on the gates?” asks the leader of the opposition.
Magyar recalled Orbán’s confession that he also looked at the list of supporters of the Tisza party. “The boss of the mafia admitted that he looked at the list that was stolen by his special services in cooperation with Russian allies,” said the leader of the Tisza party. He called on the Minister of the Interior, Sándor Pintér, to immediately start an investigation into this case. “Power is supposed to protect people, not intimidate them,” Magyar stressed.
A challenge to the president
He also called on President Tamás Sulyok to condemn the case and stand on the side of the people whose personal data was misused. “The president is supposed to protect the citizens of Hungary. If he is unable to do so or refuses to do so, he has no business in office,” said Magyar in the address of the head of state.
According to the leader of the opposition, the National Office for the Protection of Personal Data should also act on the matter. “Now the office has a chance to prove that it is not only a servant of Viktor Orbán, but a protector of Hungarian citizens,” stated Magyar.
The recent publication of a video created by artificial intelligence, in which a fictitious Magyar talks about the need to reduce pensions, was proof that the political struggle in Hungary before the April parliamentary elections is not conducted in gloves. Magyar called the video an open election fraud by the Fidesz party.
According to an October survey by the Republikon agency, 30 percent of respondents would vote for Magyar’s Tisza party and 24 percent for Orbán’s Fidesz party. Orbán has been in power continuously for 15 years.
The country has a combined electoral system, where 106 of the 199 members of parliament are elected in the so-called single-mandate constituencies and 93 on party candidates.
