"It is a tradition on the Hungarian left that people who are capable of expressing the unity of the MSZP and the SZDSZ should express the unity of the nation. According to them, these two political formations cover the entire nation, apart from the fascists," Pesti Srácok wrote a few days ago.

Isn't it amazing that we're still here? The SZDSZ has long ago devoured itself with its internal fights, and the MSZP stands at about 3 percent and is not at all certain that it will enter the Parliament.

But never mind, Péter Márki-Zay once again reached out to the SZDSZ and recommended Gábor Iványi as the presidential candidate of the left. Not at all sure it was his own choice. It could easily be that the idea came from the fallen prime minister, which is no better sign than the fact that Klára Gyurcsányné Dobreva was also present at the announcement event. Livelihood parrot István Vágó also commented on the announcement, with a loud "come on Gábor Iványi!", indicating that he also supports the pastor as a candidate for the head of state.

Over the weekend, Iványi already stated that - in the event of a victory for the opposition - there is a 50 percent chance and said that "I would be a radical president of the republic". He literally said this to Magyar Hang:

"And if there is no other means, then by some radical step, as the best of them - Gandhi, Jesus and others - have done, going to the extreme to accept that life is a wonderful challenge."

Let's move beyond this analogy, which is only interesting because Péter MZ also called himself Savior, and examine a little Ivánit himself.

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Gábor Iványi was a member of parliament for two terms between 1990 and 1998 in the colors of the SZDSZ, but previously he was also close to Viktor Orbán, whose pastor he baptized two of his children. Referring to this, Péter Márki-Zay said that he would also be an acceptable candidate for Fidesz.

Reformed bishop Zoltán Balogh, a former minister, sees this differently

he considers it "tasteless" that Iványi "continually tours the media with the fact that he baptized the children of the Prime Minister. What kind of spiritual leader is he who makes a statement about the spiritual life of the believers entrusted to him?"

By the way, in 2012, Iványi was once the presidential candidate of the Democratic Coalition. In 2014, he was the responsible publisher of the volume "The First Fascist State of the Union" (...), which collected articles written by László Bartus, a member of the pastor's denomination.

As a guest of Bartus, who has lived in Florida for decades, Iványi spent several weeks in the United States the year before the epidemic.

Among public figures, Iványi probably considers György Soros the most, whom he nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. (!)

However, his hateful sentences hardly fit into the Christian-Jewish value system, like what he said to the extremist news portal last July about government politicians:

"I am aware that, like the virus, these will not disappear either, at best we can push them into the background. Scabies and lice will never go away either, the question is whether we are willing to spend money and energy to fight against them..."

Well, yes. There would be plenty of money and energy if they won. And he could be a very radical president of the republic. If we let it.

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