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On Tuesday, after weeks of attacking OrbĂĄn online and in public, Magyar released a tape of his ex-wife Varga apparently incriminating members of OrbĂĄnâs inner circle in a corruption scandal.
Magyar claims the two-minute recording, taped last year, proves that OrbĂĄnâs powerful Cabinet chief Antal RogĂĄn tampered with documents related to a sprawling corruption dispute involving PĂĄl Völner, a former state secretary in the justice ministry when Varga was minister. Völner resigned in 2021 after prosecutors accused him of taking bribes.
The sensational release of the tape â which Magyar presented to the prosecutorâs office in Budapest before a sea of cameras Tuesday â is the latest twist in a drama that has transfixed Hungary and provided a rare moment of dissent against OrbĂĄnâs iron grip on the countryâs political system.
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Magyar claims the two-minute recording, taped last year, proves that OrbĂĄnâs powerful Cabinet chief Antal RogĂĄn tampered with documents related to a sprawling corruption dispute involving PĂĄl Völner, a former state secretary in the justice ministry when Varga was minister.
The sensational release of the tape â which Magyar presented to the prosecutorâs office in Budapest before a sea of cameras Tuesday â is the latest twist in a drama that has transfixed Hungary and provided a rare moment of dissent against OrbĂĄnâs iron grip on the countryâs political system.
âThis shows that the justice system is under political influence, that key figures tampered with the investigations, and that Varga knew this,â said opposition politician Katalin Cseh, a Hungarian member of the European Parliament.
Varga, who said in February that she was retiring from public life, issued a statement on social media Tuesday saying she was âappalledâ by Magyarâs release of the tape, accusing him of blackmail and domestic violence.
But since the double resignation of Varga and President Katalin NovĂĄk in February over a disputed sex-abuse pardon case, Magyar has emerged as a major voice of dissent in Hungary, and has announced plans to form a new political party.
On March 15, Hungaryâs national day, Magyar held an anti-government rally in central Budapest attended by thousands of people, where he accused Fidesz of spending the equivalent of hundreds of millions of euros annually on propaganda.
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