Orbán's Opponent Claims 'Terrorist Intent' on Pipeline Aimed at Disrupting Elections in Hungary

Péter Madyar, the main opponent of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and leader of the opposition party 'Tisa', has voiced his opinion regarding a recent alleged foiled sabotage on a gas pipeline in Serbia, suggesting it could be a staged operation aimed at undermining the elections in Hungary. He made this assertion in a Facebook post published on April 5.

Madyar noted that over the past few weeks, he had been receiving information from various sources indicating that Orbán was preparing to 'cross a new line' in his attempts to manipulate the electoral situation in his favor, involving Serbia and Russia in the process. He emphasized that several individuals had publicly pointed to the possibility of an 'accidental' incident occurring near the gas pipeline in Serbia on dates coinciding with Easter, just a week before the Hungarian elections. And now, according to him, this incident has indeed occurred.

The leader of 'Tisa' called on Viktor Orbán to 'immediately provide information about the developments and convene a security council.' He added that regardless of who is behind this provocation, the 'Tisa' government will likely have to address the situation moving forward. Madyar also urged Orbán to 'at least during the holidays stop inciting panic' in accordance with the playbook of Russian political technologists.

'I want to emphasize that he will not succeed in disrupting the elections next Sunday. He will not be able to prevent millions of Hungarians from putting an end to two of the most corrupt decades in the history of our country,' Madyar stressed.

He also pointed out that Hungarians have ample reason to fear that the Prime Minister, under the threat of losing power, is attempting to instill fear in his compatriots through increasingly clumsy 'false flag operations' on the advice of Russian agents. Madyar added that if Orbán's propaganda machine uses this provocation in its campaign, it would be an open admission that it was a planned 'false flag operation.'

Péter Madyar also stated that if he wins the elections, his government will conduct a proper investigation to determine who was behind this situation. Opposition Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi also expressed the view that the alleged foiled sabotage on the pipeline leading to Hungary resembles a staged 'show' intended to provide Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a pretext to deflect his impending electoral defeat.

It is worth recalling that on April 5, a sabotage attempt was announced in Serbia on the gas pipeline leading to Hungary, where large packages of explosives and detonators were reportedly discovered nearby. In response to this situation, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán convened the National Security Council. It is important to note that well before this incident, security measures for energy infrastructure had been heightened in Hungary, allegedly due to a 'Ukrainian threat,' while Serbia deployed its army to protect the infrastructure that ensures gas flow to Hungary.