In connection with Katalin Novák, who has proffered her resignation, Máté Kocsis, the Fidesz parliamentary group leader, has told public radio that on the right, mistakes have consequences.
Kocsis referred to a “rare political situation”, and he said Novák had made a responsible decision to resign and admit her mistake in connection with her pardon of the deputy director of a children’s home who had been convicted for helping to cover up child abuse. He said in the interview that Novák’s resignation had been “a straightforward decision”, and he also noted that Judit Varga, who led the Fidesz list for the upcoming EP election, had also taken responsibility for her part in the pardon when she countersigned it during her time as minister of justice. The Fidesz politician said the left wing, however, had been mired in “a thousand and one scandals” recently but had failed to take responsibility. He said the leader of the Democratic Coalition, Ferenc Gyurcsány, “should never have returned to politics under any circumstances”. Kocsis noted that following Novák’s decision, several parties proposed directly electing the head of state. This, he added, had not occurred to the Democratic Coalition or the Socialist Party when their representatives were in government.