BUDAPEST, July 20. /TASS/. Hungary’s opposition Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance party led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban refuses to take part in the presidential election, with chess grandmaster Judit Polgar proposed as candidate, said Janos Boka, former Minister for European Union Affairs and now deputy leader of the Fidesz parliamentary faction.
According to Boka, the country’s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar "forcibly and unlawfully removed the president of the republic [Tamas Sulyok] from office, and then, instead of letting the public decide, selected a candidate to succeed him on his own" in the person of Judit Polgar.
"This is unworthy of the institution of the presidency and unworthy of Judit Polgar herself. We will not participate in this political farce," Boka wrote on his Facebook page (Facebook is banned in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which has been designated as extremist). He expressed regret that "Judit Polgar’s creative legacy and achievements have fallen victim to Peter Magyar’s political agenda."
According to Fidesz spokesperson Bertalan Havasi, this is not so much about the world-acclaimed chess player as it is about the circumstances surrounding the leadership change. Fidesz insists that whoever takes office next will not be the lawful president.
