They say that it is not very wise to wait for the problem to be solved by the person who created it. However, primary election euphoria here and there, great success there, the political reality of the opposition side has not changed one iota. From the point of view of foot odor, it doesn't really matter whether we put rags or mammoths on the incriminated part of the body.
It is a fact that the domestic opposition is happy, and let's face it, they have reason to be: they organized an election that they could finally win. Beyond that, however, there is hardly any common denominator, except for one: O1G, flavored with a constitutional coup. Of course, this is a little less than what would be expected from a controllable arrangement, but then everyone cooks with what they have. It's a shame that many people tend to forget about this basic principle.
And with this, we have arrived at the essential question, who is actually the strong man of the opposition, who has the final say? Péter Márki-Zay, the outsider winner of the primary election? Or Ferenc Gyurcsány? Klára Dobrev and DK? Jobbik and DK? Márky-Zay, Christmas and dwarf parties that have shrunk below the parliamentary threshold? Or the alliance as a whole? Does it even exist?
I know, it's a bit confusing, but at least it's a good opportunity for everyone to see what they want in it according to their own taste, regardless of the realities. There has never been a better opportunity to express desire-driven opinions, and the press workers of the opposition, just like the politicians, take advantage of this.
For example, Klára Dobrev, among many other things, was able to say in Ejenes Beszéd that DK has one million voters. he managed to collect only 284,430 out of 656,743 valid votes in the second round of the primary election So I readily believe that DK now counts one million voters, the question is, where can the missing 715,570 be hidden?
Then there is her husband's statement the other day, which can easily be interpreted as a euphemism for the fact that he is reluctant to recognize Márki-Zay's victory, and in the event of a success in the spring, the crown voted for him.
"We are actually fighting for seats in the parliament, and if we have a majority in the parliament, then we will be able to choose the prime minister. First the parliament, first the majority, then the prime minister. This order."
Let's just say that everyone except the opposition voters knew this until now, and probably quite a few of them, except for those who until now thought about the primary election that the person who crossed the X would already throw Viktor Orbán out of the window of the Karmelita. But now that Feri put reality into words, it took on a special color, a kind of threat. You could say it's refreshing that this time he's not scaring the right wing.
So, whoever believes that Márki-Zay managed to do what Jobbik, LMP, Párbeszéd, Együtt and Momentum have been trying to do since 2010 is wrong: to defeat Ferenc Gyurcsány and DK. Because it didn't work. Márki-Zay defeated the prime minister candidate of the DK, and that is not the same. In order for someone to defeat DK, he must get DK voters to vote for him and not for DK. Instead of the DK candidates, it should nominate its own candidates, from its own party. Well, why isn't it? Well, no.
Under the leadership of Ferenc Gyurcsány, the DK is a dead weight for the alliance, and the illumination of Klára Dobrev did not help this either. The shadows from before 2010 simultaneously drag down and crush the alliance, while the survivors of the past fight a fierce battle for position with their competitors, the new contenders. The clean-up is yet to come, although it seems increasingly likely that it can only happen on an extinction basis, if at all.
I would like to note that among the accusations leveled at Fidesz, my favorite is by far the one according to which the ruling party regularly puts its own people in situations. And how outrageous that is. So much. Enough of the opposition! It is enough to look around the City Hall, and we can see that Karácsony did not take (Gyurcsány's) own people to his side, but his political opponents. Because this is the way it is used everywhere in the world: we entrust key positions to our opponents, and we send our confidants to the mine to extract coal, admonishing them for self-restraint. They're lovable, aren't they.
However, all this does not change the point, that many geese win over pigs, and the DK will probably be the largest parliamentary faction on the opposition side. You don't have to think about it. The losers of this are primarily the voters of the opposition who desire real change, but also the entire Hungarian society, which finally deserves a decent opposition. An opposition that knows the concept of the national minimum, has independent thoughts, is able to present a real alternative, does not want to violate the rule of law, or eliminate right-wing voters with its iconic mayor.
We would all benefit from such an opposition.
