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September 15, 2006

Hungarian Voters Open New Dialogue with Government

In other somewhat serious news, Hungary's newsmedia are buzzing with reports of increasing political tensions between the government and certain segments of the population. The juicer of the reports involves a taped message sent by something calling itself the Warriors of Democracy Organization (we haven't yet found a website, but it is apparently based somewhere in the suburbs of BP) vowing to turn the Hungarian capital into a smoking hole unless the government steps down:

"We shall no longer tolerate the lying, and unless the cabinet resigns, the Warriors of Democracy organization will set fire to Budapest."

So let's not hear any more of this griping about the apathy of the Hungarian electorate! Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is getting his big white cotton undies all balled up over what he thinks is dangerous rabble-rousing by opposition leader Viktor Orbán. "Anyone who says that the government is illegitimate is also saying that any act against the government is legitimate," Gyurcsány said.

Unfortunately, Gyurcsány's insistence that Orbán's suggestions that the government is illegitimate are illegitimate has only served to stoke the rage of the government's opponents, who now plan no fewer than seven large public demonstrations in Budapest over the next six weeks - assuming that Budapest is still standing.

posted by Veruka2 @ 10:35 AM