Budapest mayor enters primary to run against Hungary's Orban
ABC News
A frontrunner in the race for a joint opposition candidate to fight Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next year’s national election has opened his campaigning, promising to “liberate” the country from the right-wing populist leader
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A frontrunner in the race for a joint opposition candidate to fight Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next year's national election opened his campaigning Friday promising to “liberate” the country from the right-wing populist leader.
Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, who is one of five contenders to lead a coalition of main opposition parties, spoke to several hundred supporters who gathered despite early autumn drizzle in the capital.
Karacsony said next spring's elections would be “a celebration, rather than a mockery, of democracy.”
“Beginning tomorrow, we will liberate Hungary from Viktor Orban’s rule,” he said.
