• Derpgon@programming.dev
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    He was known in the party as someone who disagreed on many decisions made by Orbán. He also stated it was not easy to leave and/or cut ties due to mafia-like behavior, fear of his or his family’s life. His wife was head of Ministry of Justice, which she was kicked out due to also going against Orbán’s wishes. pardoning a pedophile, and they divorced soon after.

    You have to understand that Orbán is literally an oligarch with tons of money, ties to Russia and the underworld. Magyar only quite recently collected enough support (about 2 years ago I think) to start his own political movement.

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      He was known in the party as someone who disagreed on many decisions made by Orbán.

      Can you provide a source for this please? I am a Hungarian and never heard of this.

      His wife was head of Ministry of Justice, which she was kicked out due to also going against Orbán’s wishes.

      She was kicked out because she gave an official pardon to a well known pedophile. They divorced after that.

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        Can you provide a source for this please? I am a Hungarian and never heard of this.

        They mentioned it in a Czech news podcast, so I’d link it to you, although I am not sure how useful that would be.

        She was kicked out because she gave an official pardon to a well known pedophile. They divorced after that.

        I’ve heard about the pardon, but not in direct relation to being kicked out because of that. Also sorry for my misinterpretation.

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          Oh okay. I am not arguing with you, just wanted some insight about how other countries cover the Orbán disaster. The pardon thing might just be a “find a scapegoat” scenario, in the Fidesz party that was a really popular solution to scandals. We will see how Magyar differs from Orbán, the bar is not high so we have hope things will get better.

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      I’d say it helps that Hungary being in the EU probably limited Orban going full dictator. The EU had been chastising Hungary. Withholding EU funds hurts Hungary quite a bit. This is a reason why the far right hates the EU and looking to dismantle it, with the help of their American friends.