The minister talked about his surgery, his return and threatening messages from Péter Magyar.
He was in such pain that at the last government briefing, he answered questions typically related to Péter Magyar with an injection, said the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office in his first interview after his operation.
Gergely Gulyás said for the first time that he had spinal surgery at the end of February, "which, apart from the extreme pain of the previous ten days, was unprecedented" and required immediate intervention.
The operation was successful, but after that I had to learn to walk again - said the minister, who was treated at the Spine Clinic, where he lay in the same room as the other patients.
"All my pain is gone, I can walk confidently with a cane, still unsteadily without it, but I can walk. According to all signs and medical forecasts, the intervention will not have any lasting effects," he explained his current condition.
"From the week after the operation, my closest colleagues came to see me regularly, even at the hospital, so I was able to make decisions on the most important ministerial matters, but I had to devote most of my time to my recovery. This week, in addition to rehabilitation, I will try to work according to the previous schedule," said Gergely Gulyás, who
after Easter, he already participates in the cabinet and government meetings and the government information continues.
There have been speculations that he is actually avoiding the public because of the scandal caused by Péter Magyar.
In this regard, the minister stated: "Malice is also part of public life, but at least in the case of illness it would be worthwhile to put it aside, especially if the accusations contradict the facts. I answered dozens of questions about this tragic soap opera at the last government briefing - right after an infusion and a spinal injection, when I would have had a really good reason to avoid the public because of the pain."
Gergely Gulyás said that he had not spoken to Péter Magyar in recent weeks, from whom he had not received any messages. Earlier, the minister talked about how Péter Magyar told him what he was up to in a rude text message. "He sent a Signal message to his ex-wife and to me, and Judit Varga reported the contents of the message yesterday," said Gergely Gulyás.
When asked to comment on the behavior of Péter Magyar, who made public the audio recording of his conversation with his wife, the head of ministry replied:
this recording does not prove any of the claims previously made by Péter Magyar, and even refutes the left-wing accusations related to the operation of the prosecutor's office.
"However, the bottom line is that a sane person with any low-level but existing moral standards would not record the conversation he had with his wife, the mother of their three children, and would not reveal it to the public. Anyone who does this should be an undesirable person to all decent people, regardless of political affiliation," stated Gergely Gulyás.
Cover photo: Facebook/Gergely Gulyás
