Viktor Orban wins again in Hungary, for the fourth consecutive time.
With more than 20% of the vote, the outgoing premier has a clear advantage, with the coalition made up of the ruling party Fidesz and the Christian Democrats of KDNP, with 134 seats, out of a total of 199, and the opposition at only 57 Voter turnout stood at 67.8%, slightly down from four years ago.
Even if he had predicted a "great victory" Orban could not totally hide some fears for the opposition that presented itself in a single coalition, "United for Hungary".
An electoral cartel that brought together six parties of different political orientation, led by Peter Marki-Zay, with the aim of putting an end to the season of "illiberal democracy" inaugurated by Orban. An assist to the opposition also came from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who on Saturday night again addressed Orban, "the only one in Europe to openly support Putin".
But the shadow of fraud is growing on the vote with the NGO Hungarian Civil Liberties Union which has reported irregularities. In Hortobagy, a town in eastern Hungary, the local government, according to activists, has organized and advertised buses to take people to vote. These accusations are added to the suspicions reported in recent days by several journalists who found ballot papers burned in Romania, in a region inhabited by the Hungarian minority. It is no coincidence that the OSCE has sent - for the first time in an EU country - 200 observers to monitor the correct conduct of the vote.
(Unioneonline / D)
