By Hungarian Community for Peace, July 28, 2023
In defense of Hungary’s peace, independence, sovereignty and self-determination, the Forum for Peace movement held a national unity demonstration on Wednesday in Budapest.
Left and right-wing parties and civil organizations independent of parties, putting aside their ideological and political differences, together declared that the Hungarian people do not want to make sacrifices for the power of the depraved Kiev clique that oppresses the people and uses its compatriots as cannon fodder, nor for those who want to keep it in power!
The peace of our country is threatened. Our Western allies, allied with domestic political and military circles, want to force us into a war on the side of Ukraine, against Russia. They blackmail us, interfere in our internal affairs, are considering a coup d’état, and want to replace the legitimate government with a puppet government. They want us to give up our pro-peace policy, send weapons and soldiers to Ukraine, and go to war with Russia again, this time together with NATO” – states the Community of Responsible and Creative Hungarians, the Association for the Rule of Law, the Workers’ Party, the Hungarian Anti-Fascist League, the Hungarian Community for Peace, the Let’s go Hungarian for a Better Future Association, the Confederacy 2000, the Conscience’88 Association, the Hungarian Agrarian Association and In a joint statement by the Economic People’s Party, the World Federation of Hungarians, the National Federation, the Foundation of Hungarians Beyond the Border and the Circle of Friends on the Way of our Heroes in their common Call.
Speakers at the peace demonstration on Nyugati Square assured the government of their support for peace efforts against the war policies of Washington and Brussels, but noted that they do not consider it consistent enough. They called on Viktor Orbán’s government to decide whether to consider Russia an aggressor or whether to recognize the legitimacy of its security demands and pursue an active policy of neutrality for reconciliation with Russia.
Endre Simó, president of the Hungarian Community for Peace, Miklós Patrubány, president of the World Federation of Hungarians, Gyula Thürmer, president of the Workers’ Party, György Benza, president of the Foundation for Hungarians Across the Border, Eszter Fórizs, representative of the Community of Responsible and Creative Hungarians, István Balogh, president of the Law and Order Association, Márta Hartai, representative of the National Conquest 2000 Association, Tamás Hirschler, president of the Anti-Fascist League demanded the termination of the financial support provided to Ukraine and the reallocation of the funds intended for Kyiv to support the many millions of Hungarian people who were in a crisis of livelihood due to the unprecedented price increases. They stood up for the protection of the lives of Transcarpathian Hungarians and demanded that the government also stand up, and not finance the Zelenskiys for the sake of NATO.
We are not interested in confrontation, but in good relations with both East and West. Here, in the heart of Europe, on the path of historical wars, peaceful cooperation with the West, with which we conduct 80 percent of our trade, and with Russia, which satisfies 80 percent of our energy needs, is a vital issue for us. All our interests are linked to peace and progress! Let’s not let them take away our future and deny our right to survive!
We must protect our national sovereignty and self-determination as a feared treasure! Let’s demand peace for the Hungarians, East-West reconciliation, and mutual security for Europe” – stated in the joint statement, which was sent to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the members of parliament.
The people of various backgrounds who participated in the demonstration applauded the fact that the members of the Peace Forum overcame their ideological and political differences for the common good of the country and its people, in defense of its peace and sovereignty.
The event began with the National Anthem and ended with the National Word Song. The representatives of the organizations stood next to each other and thanked the audience for standing up for the common national cause with applause.
Pictured in the photo above from July 26 in Budapest:
The Representatives of the Organisations cooperating in the Forum for Peace movement at the Demonstration of the Forum for Peace movement in Nyugati Square in defense of Hungary’s peace, independence, sovereignty and self-determination. From Left to Right: Tibor Bognár, vice president of the For a State of Law Association, Endre Simó, president of the Hungarian Community for Peace, István Balogh, president of the For a State of Law Association, Klára Hárs-Kovács, president of On the Path of our Heroes Association’s representative, Miklós Patrubány, president of the World Union of Hungarians, Gyula Thürmer, president of the Workers’ Party, Eszter Fórizs, representative of the Community of Responsible and Creative Hungarians and Márta Hartai, representative of the Conquest 2000 Association.
A Fórum a Békéért mozgalomban résztvevő szervezetek képviselői a Fórum a Békéért mozgalom megmozdulásán a Nyugati-téren Magyarország békéjének, függetlenségének, szuverenitásának és önrendelkezésének védelmében. Balról jobbra: Bognár Tibor, a Jogállamért Egyesület alelnöke, Simó Endre, a Magyar Békekör elnöke, Balogh István, a Jogállamért Egyesület elnöke, Hárs-Kovács Klára, a (H)Őseink Útján Baráti Kör képviselője, Patrubány Miklós, a Magyarok Világszövetségének elnöke, Thürmer Gyula, a Munkáspárt elnöke, Fórizs Eszter, a Felelősséget Vállaló és Teremtő Magyarok Közösségének képviselője és Hartai Márta, a Honfoglalás 2000 Egyesület képviselője,.
