Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that Hungary faces a clear choice between “aggression and quarrelling” or “peace and calm,” in a video posted Tuesday on his Facebook page.
“Some choose quarrelling and aggression, others peace and calm. It is up to us to decide,” the prime minister stated alongside the video, which presented recent incidents involving opposition party figures and activists.
The footage showed Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar telling a journalist, “we are leading ahead of Fidesz, goodbye,” before shutting his car door on the reporter’s hand. Another scene depicted Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz, a senior Tisza politician, repeatedly pushing a Mandiner journalist, who could be heard saying, “please do not push me.”
The compilation also included recordings from Kötcse, where Tisza activists were heard making violent remarks, including calls for hanging, followed by laughter. When a young mother challenged them, asking whether they understood the implications of their words, she was confronted by the group.
The video concluded with excerpts from Prime Minister Orbán’s speech in Kötcse on Sunday, where he warned against what he called the “politics of conflict” pursued by opposition parties. “When parties lose trust, they turn to creating conflict. That is what the politics of conflict is about,” he said.