Below is a reader's letter that calls for the convening of the Peace Procession, nomen est omen in the cause of peace.
Dear ladies and gentlemen!
Now that, according to the Prime Minister, only the Vatican and Hungary remain on the side of peace in Europe, and the rest have been taken over by war madness - as has happened twice in the last century - it would be worthwhile to consider organizing a huge - even international - Peace March as soon as possible.
It should be shown that, unlike the leading politicians, the people are on the side of peace.
I am copying here a previously created draft Peace Declaration.
Declaration of peace
Give me peace, Lord! Da pacem Domine!
The people of Hungary want to live in peace now and in the future. The Hungarian Parliament declares that the peace of Hungary, the security of life and property of its citizens, the integrity of the country's natural and built assets are unquestionable basic values for all responsible political organizations and individuals, and therefore their preservation is the most important goal. The Parliament is guided by the provision and preservation of these basic values in all its decisions, primarily foreign and security policy.
With the guidance of common sense and moderation, and in agreement with the words and spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Charter, we formulate our declaration in defense of peace and human life.
We declare that there is no international treaty that could force Hungary, the Hungarian people, to take a war role in the 20th century. the tragedies of the two world wars of the 20th century, after the Hungarian victims who self-sacrificingly defended the whole of Europe in the preceding centuries. We responsibly stand exclusively for peace, we fight exclusively with peaceful, negotiated and diplomatic means in order to preserve it. Because "this people has already sinned the past and the future."
Peace is the basic need of every people, every nation. War is never inevitable, it is always based on human decisions.
In the words of the writer István Fekete: "There is no war won or lost, there is only "War"! Destructive, murderous, inhuman! Wars didn't solve any problems, but they always planted the seeds for the next one. Wars are started by a few people, but they don't fight and they don't die. Ordinary people kill each other, they fall into the limestone pit of foreign land, and their homes are destroyed. They are the tools and they are the victims.”
Aware of the heavy responsibility we feel for the protection of the present and future generations of our nation, and learning from the painful mistakes of the past, we declare that the only reasonable and possible path for Hungary is to maintain peace, to stay away from superpower clashes, and strive for neutrality.
At the same time, we call on the responsible thinking leaders of Central Europe, the whole of Europe and the wider world to follow our example based on similar historical experiences and considerations, and to choose the path of peace instead of war, the nuclear war that could destroy us all!
May Hungary and Central Europe remain an island of peace!
Give me peace, Lord! Da pacem Domine! Da pacem Domine!
Sincerely,
Dr. Gergely Nagy
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