Hungary’s Orbán declares resistance movement against Magyar government’s ‘tyranny’
Orbán says the raids and constitutional changes are meant to cripple Fidesz and vowed peaceful opposition as prosecutors investigate alleged fund misuse.
- On Wednesday, Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared that his Fidesz party will lead a peaceful Resistance movement against what he called the tyrannical exercise of power by Hungary's new center-right government.
- Tensions escalated Tuesday after prosecutors raided Fidesz offices investigating suspected embezzlement and other crimes during Orban's rule. Orban alleged the raid was "on political orders," claiming such actions could occur "only in severe dictatorships."
- Prime Minister Magyar's administration passed constitutional amendments last week establishing a 12-year term limit for Parliament members and closed the Sovereignty Protection Office, which opponents viewed as a tool for silencing critics.
- European Tisza support stands at 60% among Hungary's population while Fidesz support has shrunk to 18%, according to a June survey. Prominent Fidesz figures including parliamentary leader Gergely Guly and former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó have resigned or departed.
- Late Tuesday, Fidesz publicized a Declaration of Resistance, pledging to use "every peaceful means" inside and outside Parliament to oppose what the party calls arbitrary exercise of power and assist "victims of the authoritarian regime.
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Viktor Orbán calls on his supporters to peaceful "national resistance" against the new Hungarian government. The former Prime Minister accuses Péter Magyar of eliminating the country's largest opposition party with retrospective constitutional changes and state investigations. The raid in a data center with Fidesz servers has finally shown that a new authoritarian system is emerging in Hungary. For the first time since his clear defeat in April,…
The removal of the president via the Basic Law novel is only the tip of the iceberg. In order to strengthen its power, Hungary's head of government, Péter Magyar, is acting in a similar way to Viktor Orbán – only a bit more harsh and determined.
Viktor Orban has launched a "Declaration of Resistance against the new Hungarian government led by Peter Magyar, after the prosecutors' searches at the offices associated with his party, Fidesz. Article Viktor Orban asks his supporters to oppose "the tyranny of Prime Minister Peter Magyar: "Hungary has ceased to be a democratic state . . . appears first in Romania TV.
Orban accuses Hungarian prime minister of 'illegitimate authoritarian system’
Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban today accused his successor, Peter Magyar, of creating an “illegitimate authoritarian system” in remarks delivered at a press conference hosted outside his party’s headquarters in Budapest. “This new political system is not a democracy, it is tyranny,” he said. Orban served as Hungary’s prime minister for 16 consecutive years before losing his bid for reelection to Magyar’s pro-European Tisza party…
After searches of party rooms, the former Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán called for resistance.
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