Fidesz sends a message in Chinese about how to act in local government elections

Fidesz has adopted this style so dictatorially that Chinese poster of Debrecen Voters are informed in Chinese how to vote in Sunday’s Budapest municipal elections – Report About his telex.

The newspaper recalled that according to official data from the 2022 census, there were 98,319 foreign citizens living in Budapest, while according to KSH data, Chinese accounted for about 15% of the total foreign population. Officially, more than a thousand Chinese citizens lived in the eighth, tenth and thirteenth districts, but their actual number may have changed significantly since then. Viktor Orban, during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, etc. He talked abouthe hopes the country’s popular tourist centers will be flooded with Chinese, which is why Chinese police are needed. With battery factories and other Chinese factories also expected to come to Hungary, more people are likely to come to the country.

Therefore, before the elections, Fidesz, which presents itself as a bastion of sovereignty, did not hesitate to appeal to Chinese voters. A few days ago, a letter in Chinese signed by mayoral candidate Alexandra Szentkirályi and mayoral candidate Sára Botond (challenger of András Pikó in Josefvaros) began to circulate on Reddit, with a sample ballot attached, telling us with puritanical precision where we should draw the ballot. Sorry.

Still, the Reddit poster doesn’t believe in Fidesz’s campaign. “My father received such a letter, we read it together and laughed. Later I found out that I received it too, even though I’m a Hungarian citizen. Anyway, I thank Fidesz, so now my father is going to vote too (but not for them).”

This newspaper contacted the poster and found out that the published letter was circulated in District 8. There was no sender on the envelope, only a QR code for joining a group conversation created on WeChat. According to the user who originally posted the letter, no one has spoken in the letter yet.

The newspaper also received a better quality scan of the letter.

In the first half of the document, after a brief introduction, Alexandra Szentkirai talked about Xi Jinping’s “historic” visit to Hungary not long ago, and how friendship with the Chinese people has always been particularly important to Hungarians. He said that since Fidesz became the ruling party in Hungary, the relationship between the two countries has been improving, and the ruling party has always warmly welcomed Chinese friends and businessmen to Hungary, which is still very important to Fidesz.

Afterwards, Alexandra Szentkirályi lamented in a letter written in Chinese that Budapest was controlled by the opposition, which was why the city was heading in the wrong direction. Traffic was chaotic, garbage was everywhere, and the city hall was a hotbed of corruption, which was why Alexandra Szentkirályi saw the votes of Chinese voters as a solution to the problem. The former government spokesman defended himself by saying that he served as deputy mayor in “one of the most successful periods” in Budapest. He did not mention, for example, that in this capacity he presented an award to János Vásárhelyi, the pedophile director of the Bíčke Children’s Home. The telex noted that the letter was dated a few days later than its arrival time (May 29).

Chief Sara Botonde also spoke at length about the friendly and commercial relations between China and Hungary. He specifically promised to provide Chinese translation. But he promised to improve public safety and public cleanliness, and support the renovation of residential buildings.

The newspaper contacted the Fidesz central press office Alexandra Szentkirályi, Sára Botondo and the Fidesz press office in Josefov, but received no response. Alexandra Szentkirályi’s staff refused to give an explanation, citing lack of time.

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