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Wild speculations (4.00 / 3)

According to speculations both in the right-wing and in the liberal media, the Socialists plan to replace Gyurcsány, probably in the autumn of this year. Supposedly, the change could come once and if the repeat leadership election of the liberals (I reported) results in a new chairman, which could be an opportunity to re-establish the coalition on new terms.

As for who could replace Gyurcsány, the front runner is supposedly no more Gordon Bajnai, the current head of the oxymoronic ministry for local self-governments (who is a yuppie from the financial sector like Gyurcsány), but Péter Kiss, the grey man currently pulling the strings behind the scenes as minister of the PM's office. I don't like either.
Meanwhile, the 'left-liberal' media speculated about Fidesz's plans for the Christian Democrats (KDNP), curently a Potemkin party entirely dependent on and in line with Fidesz. Since in the next elections, Fidesz will likely gain a wide absolute majority on its own, media claim the plans are to put KDNP in the opposition, but re-tailored from its present defender-of-conservative-values role as Christian socialist counter to the future government - to keep economic-left voters from returning to the Socialists.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 05:33:04 AM EST

...and the soap opera continues (none / 0)

For those who enjoyed my summary of the longest-running soap opera in Hungarian politics in Für and Deutsch:

Deutsch-Für Tamás has just declared (in the flagship of the Hungarian rainbow press no less) that he is divorcing his second wife after five years together. He claims it has nothing to do with his dispute with his father-in-law over his membership in the Hungarian Guard.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu May 29th, 2008 at 10:06:38 AM EST
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