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‘You Reap What You Sow’: Government Supporters Now Threaten TISZA Representatives
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‘You Reap What You Sow’: Government Supporters Now Threaten TISZA Representatives

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Tensions have continued after the election of the NVVH president, with government supporters reportedly turning their anger toward TISZA representatives.
  • TISZA representative Gábor Ferenczi defended his conduct and portrayed his decision to run for office as a major personal sacrifice.
  • The article links the discontent to complaints from volunteers and notes that the TISZA Party officially has only 29 members.

Tensions surrounding the election of the NVVH president have not eased. The article says government supporters are now targeting representatives of the TISZA Party, while criticism has also emerged over the tone used by some of the party’s own figures.

TISZA representative Gábor Ferenczi said he would not base his votes on Facebook comments from laypeople or posts by people seeking attention. He also presented his decision to run for office as an act of sacrifice, saying: “In hard, difficult times, we need brave, gutsy people like Péter Magyar or me. Then the country will get back on track, and the weak and soft can come.”

In hard, difficult times, we need brave, gutsy people like Péter Magyar or me. Then the country will get back on track, and the weak and soft can come.

— Gábor FerencziThe TISZA representative described the kind of leadership he said the country needed.

The Tűzfalcsoport argued that this language was unlikely to win over the volunteers who spent two years staffing campaign tables, distributing leaflets, knocking on doors and campaigning for TISZA and Ferenczi’s election.

The article says frustration had begun before the Unger affair. One person quoted by HVG on Aug. 20 complained that the activists had been ignored since April 12 despite being essential to the party’s success. The piece also notes that the TISZA Party officially has only 29 members, while Márk Radnai said after the election victory that he knew of no plan to open membership to activists.

Without us, they would be nowhere.

— Unnamed TISZA volunteerThe complaint, reported by HVG, reflected activists’ frustration at being overlooked after the election.
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Originally published by Magyar Nemzet in Hungarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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