Three out of four Hungarian adults want Gyurcsány to retire from politics, according to research conducted by the Nézőpont Institute nearing the 15th anniversary of the leak of the Ószöd speech.
It is a warning sign for the dominant personalities of the left that two-thirds of voters who are critical of the government think so.
In September 2006, the biggest political crisis in Hungarian democracy after the regime change erupted, when Ferenc Gyurcsány's Ószöd speech was leaked. The secret speech admitting election lies after the election has already caught up with a prime minister with declining popularity who lost many voters due to his summer austerity measures. Although he was able to spend another two and a half years in his prime minister's office, his image suffered permanent damage, they write.
The political damage caused by "lying" is proven by the fact that even after a decade and a half, three quarters of Hungarian voters (75 percent) approve of Ferenc Gyurcsány's departure from public life. It is perhaps less surprising that 83 percent of government supporters think this way (it is true, 9 percent do not, perhaps hoping for an advantage for Fidesz from the activity of the former prime minister).
At the same time, the two-thirds agreement of the government critics and the not entirely identical left-wing voting camp with Gyurcsány's departure is thought-provoking for the opposition side, they point out.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
