The candidate for prime minister of the left said that although he is not afraid of him, he can certainly be replaced by the president of the Democratic Coalition.
"Aren't you afraid that Ferenc Gyurcsány will replace you at a given moment?" – the Pesti TV reporter asked Péter Márki-Zay. In his answer, the candidate for prime minister of the left admitted that Gyurcsány could certainly replace him, although he is not afraid that this will happen. When asked by Dániel Bohár, the politician confirmed:

He says who is the captain.

The possible replacement of Péter Márki-Zay has been talked about on the left for a long time . , the candidate for prime minister of the left spoke about how

has a better chance of winning the elections, because the elderly voters have been decimated by the coronavirus, and in their circles the support of the governing parties is higher, these voices have become louder again. 

Ferenc Gyurcsány was the only one of the leading politicians of the left to react to the criticism, and he defended the candidate.

Magyar Nemzet wrote this morning that due to the difficulties of succession, the left-wing parties will not be able to overthrow Péter Márki-Zay, who, however, will not back down from his candidacy for prime minister due to his ambitious personality . According to political scientist Zoltán Kiszelly, this is precisely why Ferenc Gyurcsány told the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely to stand by him, but the price of this is that he will not get his own, seventh faction that he requested.

Earlier, Gyurcsány also posted about Péter Márki-Zay that he is the captain on the left. Then the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely asked the president of the DK not to campaign until April.

Source: magyarnemzet.hu. Opening image: Dániel Bohár Facebook