![]() This should be a large, national celebration. ![]() The second was held at the Academy of Sciences. The first was held in the Stefánia Palace (official residence of the President of Hungary), to which everyone was invited. Károly Herényi (KH): We held commemorative events on the 10th and 15th anniversaries. Olga Kálmán (OK): What do you think about today’s 25th-anniversary commemoration? Led by the revisionist historian Sandor Szakaly, it seems Veritas is only interested in the truth according to Fidesz chairman and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and those sharing his particular take on the events leading up to and following the formation of Hungary’s first freely elected parliament in 50 years. Unlike previous commemorate events, no members of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and the now-defunct Alliance of Social Democrats (SZDSZ) were invited to attend. On Wednesday, the so-called Veritas Institute for historical research, one of five historical research institutes founded during the second Orbán government to rewrite Hungary’s history, “hosted” a 25th anniversary commemorative event at parliament. Hungary’s first freely elected parliament was seated on May 6th, 1990. Winning nearly a quarter of the vote, MDF formed a center-right governing coalition with its chairman József Antall serving as prime minister. In 2010 MDF failed to achieve the 5 percent threshold necessary to seat MPs in parliament The party formally disbanded the following year.įormed in 1987 during the period of one-party rule, MDF, was one of several parties to participate in round-table discussions resulting in free elections being held on April 1990. Károly Herényi served as a member of parliament from 1998 until 2010, the last eight years as the head of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) parliamentary caucus. Nowadays skeletons are falling out of closets in the manner of a mass grave! They are scoundrels! To wrap this in a national ribbon and say “it’s ours” and “this is what we wanted” is the meanest slap in the face of national feeling. – Károly Herényi
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