"On October 23, 340,000 people came to the Peace March. There were a lot of us, it was a wonderful event. People thought that they were raising their voices for their future, the future of their children and grandchildren. On March 15, we will organize another Peace March, where we expect twice as many people to attend," László Csizmadia, president of the Civil Solidarity Forum and the Civil Solidarity Public Foundation, told Origo. He added: love and togetherness bring people to the march. "Such a peaceful, loving crowd cannot be seen anywhere in Europe. This is a Hungarian specialty, a hungaricum. The elections are approaching. We have to show our strength in March as well. The current government works day and night for the Hungarians. This must be taken into account. These 12 years should be compared to the governance of the period between 2002-2010, when we vote," said the president of CÖF-CÖKA, who spoke, among other things, about why the accusation that the Peace March participants would be bused en masse is impossible, but also about what at stake in the April elections.
We highlight a few sentences from an interview with László Csizmadia:
THE ELECTIONS ARE NEAR, WE MUST SHOW OUR STRENGTH SO THAT THE FRAGMENTED OPPOSITION SEES: THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES ON THE STAGE.
THE COUNTRY IS DEVELOPING, PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND LIVE BETTER, WHO WANTS TO WORK CAN GET A PLACE, THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A LABOR SHORTAGE - COMPARED TO THE PERIOD BETWEEN 2002-2010, WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS HUGE -, THE COUNTRY IS BEAUTIFUL, INVESTMENTS ARE CONTINUING.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EUROPE AND THE COUNTRY TO SEE THAT THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER, THAT THE ROAD IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, WHICH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRAVELING FOR TWELVE YEARS ALREADY.
AND VIKTOR ORBÁN IS A LEADER WITH SPECIAL SKILLS, WITH A HUGE ROUTINE, WHO CAN STEERING THE SHIP OF HUNGARY IN A SUCH A WAY THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ENVY IT.
IF WE CAN SHOW BEFORE THE ELECTIONS THAT OUR STRENGTH IS EVEN GREATER, AND THOSE WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OPPOSITION IN BUDAPEST OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, OR ARE STILL UNSURE, BUT RATHER SUPPORT THE RIGHT-WING, CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION, WILL COME AMONG US, THEN THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM.
THEY JOIN US NOT BECAUSE WE TAKE THEM BUSES, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE HERE.
Photo: Sándor Csudai/origo
LOVE AND CONNECTION BRING PEOPLE. SUCH A PEACEFUL, LOVING CROWD CANNOT BE SEEN ANYWHERE IN EUROPE. THIS IS A HUNGARIAN SPECIALTY, A HUNGARIKUM.
IF THE CURRENT OPPOSITION GET MORE VOTES, BRUSSELS CAN DO ANYTHING TO OUR COUNTRY. THE LEADERS OF THE CURRENT OPPOSITION ARE LIVELIHOOD POLITICIANS, THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR THE INTERESTS OF BRUSSELS, FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPIRE.
You can read the entire interview published in Origo here
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