The “Forbidden” Pride in Budapest was visited by approximately 200,000 people. The Hungarian Prime Minister called it “repulsive and shameful”.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called the Budapest Pride on Saturday to support people’s rights to the LGBTQ+ community “repulsive and shameful” and accused the European Union (EU) of management of opposition politicians to organize an event that has turned into an anti -government protest. According to Reuters, TASR informs about this.
Saturday’s march in Budapest has grown into one of the greatest manifestations of resistance to the Orban government in recent years. It could be attended by up to about 200,000 people who defied the police prohibition and the threat of fines.
The opposition rang voters there, he claims
In a speech in a closed internet group for their supporters, according to the Hungarian intelligence server Index, he said that opposition politicians on “the instruction of Brussels called on their voters to participate in the event in abundance”. “Since yesterday, we are even more confident that these people (opposition politicians) must not be allowed to manage the government. And we will not allow them,” Orbán told his supporters without giving evidence.
The event was organized directly by the city of Budapest under the leadership of opposition Mayor Gergely Karácsony, whose government has been accused for years for being a “puppet of Brussels”. Orbán also told his supporters that he considers the events of Pride to be “repulsive and shameful”.
Despite the risk, tens of thousands of people from about thirty countries, including several diplomats and about 70 MEPs, met on the march.
The Hungarian Parliament 18. A month later, he also adopted a constitutional change to strengthen the legal foundations of the ban. Orbán said on Friday that although the police of the 30th year of the Pride will not “dissolve”, those who participate in it should be aware of the “legal consequences”. Budapest Pride has been held in the Hungarian capital for 30 years.
