The Most Dangerous Budget in the Past 20 Years
11 September 2009
Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán urged the cabinet to withdraw the draft 2010 budget and not stand in the way of change as he addressed the Fidesz national rally to launch the autumn political season.
Speaking at Budapest's Millenáris Park, Orbán called the draft "a lying and irresponsible" document that endangers not only our next year, but our children’s future as well.
Orbán described the draft as "a BKV- budget of national proportions", referring to the scandal surrounding the Budapest Transport Company, saying that just like in the case of BKV, someone within a closed circle takes everything, while the rest will pay the bill.
Hundreds of thousands of people could lose their jobs, he continued, asserting that pensions will no longer be paid, the health care sector will collapse, hospitals will not be able to provide medical services, there will be no electricity, doctors and nurses will not be paid their salaries, nor will teachers, because of the budget. Schools and nurseries will be closed down one after another, and local authorities could also collapse, he said.
Orbán said that "the Gyurcsány-Bajnai era" can be summed up in five words: "Őszöd, Zuschlag, offshore, severance payments, austerity measures". This era has taken away the truth, the law, security and people’s money. And by this budget they are preparing to take away our future, as well.
The budget is proof that even now the real prime minister is Ferenc Gyurcsány, he said, "who has placed his stand-in Bajnai at the steering wheel". Viktor Orbán said that it is Fidesz’s political duty, when it has the opportunity, to determine who and to what extent are responsible politically and legally for destroying Hungary.
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