Hungary’s President Katalin Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down over the weekend after revelations a man who covered up child sexual abuses had been pardoned by the state.

Endre K, a former deputy director of a state-run children’s home, was pardoned by President Novák last year ahead of a visit by Pope Francis. The pardon was made public earlier this February.

  • Colin@mastodon.social
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    9 months ago

    @0x815 Orban is a corrupt Russian Puppet. He has not a speck of morality. Hungary is not a Democracy; it is an Autocracy by Vote.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Budapest calling on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to step down, after a presidential pardon in a child sexual abuse case sparked outrage across the country.

    Hungary’s President Katalin Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down over the weekend after revelations a man who covered up child sexual abuses had been pardoned by the state.

    Endre K, a former deputy director of a state-run children’s home, was pardoned by President Novák last year ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.

    An outspoken critic of Brussels, her downfall is seen as a setback to Orbán ahead of the ballot, where according to polls his party could increase its already impressive seat number from 13 to 14.

    In a sign of potential unraveling within the ruling party, Péter Magyar, Varga’s ex-husband and a close ally of the government, publicly denounced the country’s political elite.

    Orbán threatened to singlehandedly derail the EU’s €50-billion aid package to Ukraine at a December summit, before rowing back on his threats in February.


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    9 months ago

    Whaaat? Why did they do that? Was it someone with contacts or something? Are they stupid and don’t know who they are pardoning?

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    Its so funny. Hes been a dictator for years and a child sex abuse thing happens and now everyone wants him to resign. The dictator part isnt the problem but one murky presidential pardon is.