In addition to her duty prescribed in the Basic Law, the President-elect Katalin Novák called the expression of national unity her personal undertaking on Friday in the portrait program of Kossuth radio called Az este. Katalin Novák was interviewed by Zoltán Balog, pastor president of the synod of the Hungarian Reformed Church and the host of the program.

The elected head of state said: it will be a difficult but not impossible task to show the unity of the nation ; there are many, many fault lines to rise above. Katalin Novák called it her conviction that the majority of Hungarian people yearn for national unity , even if they are not aware of this at all times.

There is a self-evident national unity, the expression of which will also be my task, and

this is not only my task required by the Basic Law, but my personal commitment

he said. Regarding his position as President of the Republic, he stated that he will try to ensure that, although his circumstances will change significantly, the essence will not change. Don't change "where I came from, who I am and what heritage I received", as well as the points of reference that God, faith, family and friends mean, he said. Recalling her personal life and family history, Katalin Novák emphasized the importance of the family and talked about

"Hungarian history is included in the history of all our families, and Hungarian history includes the family history of all of us".

"It works back and forth," he noted.

Source: Hungarian Nation

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