Its former leader was able to leave Jobbik behind after he failed as party leader.
Márton Gyöngyösi and Jobbik apparently parted ways after the party replaced its former president at the end of June. Since then, Gyöngyösi no longer politicizes under the Jobbik logo on his social media page, like his predecessor, he uses his own name as a logo.
It is worth noting that Péter Jakab went down the same path, and his right-wing convictions and ties lasted until he was party chairman.
Jakab was elected president by the membership in May 2022, but at the end of the month he got into a conflict with one of his vice-presidents, Anita Potocskáné Kőrösi, and therefore resigned from the post of president on June 8. At the time, Jakab still said that he would remain the leader of the party's faction, but he also replaced the Jobbik logo on his social media page with his own name, which he then added with the inscription "People's party".
After kicking the dust with Márton Gyöngyösi, the party's new president, he left Jobbik and founded a movement.
The air in the party around Márton Gyöngyösi started to thin out after he lost a single seat in the EP elections. Although Gyöngyösi has stated firmly several times before, in this case he will voluntarily resign from the presidency, he did not do so.
The party held its national renewal congress at the end of June, at which Béla Adorján was elected president, as it turned out later, Gyöngyösi did not run for the party leadership position, he didn't even have ambitions for vice president anymore.
Less than two weeks have passed, and the fallen president has already abandoned the Jobbik logo, and instead – like Jakab – publishes posts marked with his own name. And for a few days now, he has been "advertising himself" on Facebook as "foreign policy expert, economist, former Member of Parliament, faction leader, party president", conspicuously avoiding Jobbik, which he joined in 2006.
So there are many parallels between the two ex-party presidents, at least as far as the path of leaving the party is concerned.
Where Gyöngyösi will continue is a mystery for the time being, but if we look at the fact that several right-wingers are now strengthening Péter Magyar's party, it may not be ruled out that the former EP representative will also end up at the Tisza.
One of the most important background people is already there, ex-Jobbiko László Radnai, who became Péter Magyar's chief of staff. Radnai played a key role in the spectacular turnaround of the once national radical Jobbik when he joined the party in 2016 and took over the management of communications. Radnai's son, Márk Radnai, became the vice president of the party.
Magyar Jelen previously wrote about how Jobbik president Márton Gyöngyösi and those behind him had previously discussed personally with Péter Magyar about the size of the team and what resources they could make available to him.
Another interesting coincidence is that when Márton Gyöngyösi attended a Sederes' Eve dinner at the invitation of the United States ambassador in Budapest in April 2023, the actor Ervin Nagy was also present, an enthusiastic supporter of Péter Magyar and a regular participant in the demonstrations.
Cover photo: Márton Gyöngyösi
Source: MTI
