Welcome to the New Guard in Hungary
Orban's replacement rips Hungarian president with photo, "Unfit to serve"
The newly-elected Prime Minister of Hungary,
Peter Magyar, who defeated
Viktor Orbán this week despite strong support for the incumbent from U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, began announcing major changes to Hungary’s old guard immediately.
Posting a photo of himself with the current President of Hungary,
Tamás Sulyok, Magyar simultaneously slammed Sulyok on social media as being “unfit to serve.”
With the photo below, Magyar wrote: “I have arrived at the Sándor Palace to meet the President of Hungary. @DrTamasSulyok is unworthy of representing the unity of the Hungarian nation. He is unfit to serve as the guardian of legality. He is not fit to serve as a moral authority or a role model. Following the formation of the new government, Tamás Sulyok must leave office immediately.”
Trump critic and former U.S. Representative
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) replied to Magyar: “I love this.”
Another fan of Magyar’s wrote: “Taking this pic while trash talking him is hilarious.”
Yet in a post that emphasizes how challenging real change could be after 16 years of an entrenched Orbán regime, Austrian economist and influencer
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, who serves as Secretary General of the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of the European People’s Party (EPP), replied to Magyar: “I nominate @KatalinNovak_HU for President of Hungary. Please @magyarpeterMP this way you destroy Orban’s legacy.”
[NOTE: Katalin Novák, who served as President of Hungary in the Orbán government, resigned from her position in 2024 due to a
scandal involving a pardon. She was replaced by Sulyok.]
Good Luck Hungary.
This is the accompanying "Scandal" article.
Novák Katalint 2022-ben választották meg köztársasági elnöknek. Schmitt Pál után ő a második államfő, aki a Fidesz 2010 óta tartó kormányzása alatt lemondott egy botrány miatt.
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Katalin Novák said that she made a mistake and apologized to those she had hurt.
"I made a mistake. The pardon decision and the lack of justification were suitable for raising doubts. There is no doubt about this, and there can be no doubt. I would never give mercy to someone who abuses children. The protection of children is our shared responsibility. I apologize to those I have hurt and to all victims who may have felt that I am not standing up for them. As head of state, I will speak to you for the last time today, I will resign from the office of President of the Republic," Katalin Novák said
.
Last Friday, it was made public that Novák pardoned
Endre K., the former deputy director of the children's home in Bicske, referring to last year's papal visit, who, according to the court,
helped cover up the director's pedophile case. The decision also caused great outrage because it was contrary to Fidesz's most important political message, the protection of children and families. As a result of the scandal,
several well-known public figures resigned from Novák's advisory board.
The responsibility of former Minister of Justice Judit Varga also arose in the pardon case, because although Novák decided on the pardon, the request was submitted by Varga as a minister, and its validity also required her countersignature. It is difficult to imagine that the ex-minister would have made a decision on such an issue
without Viktor Orbán's knowledge and approval.
For a while, Katalin Novák and the government press deflected
criticism by saying that they did not pardon a pedophile, although no one claimed this. At the same time, the President of the Republic has not given a public explanation for the pardon granted to Endre K. to this day. At a press conference, he dismissed the issue by saying that
all such decisions are divisive. "I am disgusted by pedophilia, I consider it one of the most disgusting and serious crimes. During my presidency, there was and will not be mercy for pedophiles, and this was the case in this case as well," he stated at the event.
This was not the first time that Katalin Novák pardoned someone in a way that caused serious outrage: it also became a scandal when
György Budaházy, who was sentenced to a final prison sentence for terrorism, was released.
It's a long article.
I find it interesting that in the First article it says:
Yet in a post that emphasizes how challenging real change could be after 16 years of an entrenched Orbán regime, Austrian economist and influencer
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, who serves as Secretary General of the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of the European People’s Party (EPP), replied to Magyar: “I nominate @KatalinNovak_HU for President of Hungary. Please @magyarpeterMP this way you destroy Orban’s legacy.”
Kaitlin Novak accused of pardoning pedophiles and terrorists for President of Hungary!
How do you think that headline is going to work out?
It's getting crazy out there folks.
Make sure you keep your armor clean and sharp.
Hugs