If the transport expert accepts the candidacy for mayor, it could have a serious impact on the entire opposition cooperation, it could get him into the soup of DK and Momentum, which are already dividing positions among themselves, and even if he were to win, it would also mean the end of the Párbeszéd party.

It is now clear that the LMP is strongly persuading the transport expert, the former state secretary of the Orbán government, to be their candidate, and the construction of Vitézy is already taking shape Magyar Nemzet reports .

Like Péter Gyurcsány, Péter Ungár repeatedly criticized Karácsony, not considering him green enough, decisive enough, and he also called his attention to account for the micro-donations of the 99 Movement, the Mandiner .

According to the Mandiner

despite this, the LMP's move caused considerable consternation in the opposition sphere,

because in addition to the fact that the settlement and regional development and transport specialist is connected to Fidesz in many ways due to his previous work,

distant family ties to Viktor Orbán.

Vitézy became known as the spokesperson of the Urban and Suburban Transport Association (VEKE) at a fairly young age. During the mayorship of István Tarlós, between 2010 and 2014, he was the founding general manager of the Budapest Transport Center, and later worked as the general director of the Hungarian Technical and Transport Museum. From February 2020, he was the general manager of the Budapest Development Center (BFK), and from May 2022, he was the acting general manager of the legal successor of the organization, the National Transport Center (NKK), as a specialist state secretary.

- So it is clear from this life path that Vitézy never participated in domestic public life as a politician, but as a professional, and even those who do not sympathize with him do not dispute that he has vast knowledge and a serious international outlook in the field of transport

explained the news portal.

Rebeka Szabó, co-president of Párbeszéd, was outraged in a Facebook post, questioning whether "Hungarian's party, the LMP, can even be called an opposition or green party" . – Or are they trying to help Fidesz's plan to overthrow Gergely Karácsony? Of course, they won't succeed anyway, but the horse's leg is sticking out quite a bit here , he said.

- It is understandable that Párbeszéd is the most embarrassingly affected by these developments, since Gergely Karácsony is still a member of this party, which is in a practically dead state, even if he tries to forget this - the article reads.

Vitézy has always been feared on the left

It is worth noting that already in 2019, Dávid Vitézy was feared on the left. Based on the results of the 2018 parliamentary elections, it was already outlined that the left-wing parties could easily gain a majority in the capital, however, in the case of the mayoral election, the personality of the candidate could weigh a lot. Gergely Karácsony hinted in the campaign that they might employ Dávid Vitézy and that they count on his expertise. After Karácsony won the election, he directly said that Vitézy is the most suitable to lead BKK and is waiting for him to submit his application.

In the end, however, Gyurcsány filled the biggest company in the capital with his people.

Cover photo: Facebook / Dávid Vitézy