Small-town mayor to lead Hungary opposition bloc in election
ABC News
Independent conservative Peter Marki-Zay has won a primary contest to become the joint canddate of a six-party opposition coalition that will challenge right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary’s elections next spring
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Independent conservative Peter Marki-Zay won a primary contest Sunday to become the joint candidate of a six-party opposition coalition that will challenge right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Hungary's elections next spring.
The small-town mayor won the second round of the primary over Social Democrat Klara Dobrev, who conceded the race Sunday evening. With roughly 98% of votes counted, Marki-Zay led by more than 13 percentage points in his bid to become the opposition bloc's candidate for prime minister.
Marki-Zay called his victory “a revolution of the ordinary people,” and encouraged supporters of all opposition parties to get behind him going into elections scheduled for April.
“Viktor Orban doesn't have to be afraid of me, but of all of you,” he told his supporters.
