The left-wing parties allied with Jobbik prefer to remain silent about the fact that Márton Gyöngyösi, who previously proposed the census of Jews, became the party's president. Speaking to the Hungarian Nation, the leading rabbi of the EMIH believed that all parties now have the opportunity to rethink their federal policy.
- We were never among those who believed that Jobbik had changed. The name Jobbik itself expresses a continuity with the years of the party's history rich in openly racist and anti-Semitic expressions, which discredits the party's recent moderate direction. This position is supported by the election of Márton Gyöngyösi as president. All parties now have the opportunity to rethink their federal policy, and we trust that the most important players in Hungarian domestic politics will do so and will no longer cooperate with Jobbik - said Slomó Köves, the chief rabbi of the EMIH-Hungarian Jewish Federation, to the Hungarian Nation in connection with the fact that Márton Gyöngyösi, who previously proposed the listing of Jews, became the president of Jobbik over the weekend.
It is questionable whether the left-wing parties running on the same list as Jobbik in the 2022 parliamentary elections will heed the chief rabbi's well-intentioned advice, as no distancing could be seen from any of the party's leading politicians.
Magyar Nemzet wrote to the press department of DK, Párbeszéd, and MSZP to find out why they are not protesting the presidency of Márton Gyöngyösi, but by the time of publication, he had not received an answer from any of the parties.
Although Tímea Szabó, the current co-chairman of Párbeszéd, stated at the same time that Gyöngyösi is not worthy to be a representative. DK's Ágnes Vadai would have dissolved Jobbik outright, while Ferenc Gyurcsány declared that it was impossible to come to terms with the Nazis, and also warned his friends of principle that they should not forget the listing of Jews proposed by Gyöngyösi. Then they forgot, or at least ignored, when they made an alliance for this year's parliamentary elections.
It is memorable that in 2012 Gyöngyösi, in a parliamentary speech that later sparked mass protests, called for the government to assess "how many people of Jewish origin living here, and especially in the Hungarian Parliament and the Hungarian government, pose a certain national security risk to Hungary . I think that Hungary owes such a survey."
The full article of Magyar Nemzet can be read here.
Author: Soma Vizvári
Picture: László Beliczay
