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Hungary's PM Viktor Orban re-elected to chair Fidesz Party as expected

Xinhua, December 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won re-election to the helm of his Fidesz Party with a near unanimous vote (with 1174 out of 1177 ballots cast) here on Sunday, vowing to lead the party into the next election two years from now and stay on as prime minister if he wins.

Orban has headed Fidesz since 1993, discounting a three-year period from 2000 to 2003, and served as prime minister from 1996 to 2000, and 2010 till now.

The prime minister said his party was determined to support families and to that end it was reducing the home construction tax to 5 percent from the current 27 percent. He also called for full employment which, he said, meant that national industry had to be advanced, Hungarian farmers had to be able to access land, and bureaucracy had to shrink.

He then called for a way of life in which Hungarians would not have to be afraid of crime and terrorism, which, he said was a result of illegal immigration. Hungary, said Orban, needed stringent but fair laws, and a powerful, well trained and young police force.

While protecting Hungary we have to see that Europe is being invaded, he said. This is just the tip of the iceberg, since tens of millions of people can move on Europe, which is weak because its leaders are wincing and squirming instead of acting, the PM said.

It is clear to all sober-minded people that Europe cannot take in so many people - that its supply system will collapse, said Orban. He then warned that this popular migration was a security threat, leading to an increase in terrorism and crime. It isn't proper to speak of this in Europe, he said, but the fact is that where large number of immigrants have settled, the crime rate has gone up.

"If this continues we are going to lose Europe," he said.

Factors like human rights, progress, openness, new types of families, and tolerance were secondary factors, Orban said. "While they are nice and pleasant, they are still secondary because they are derivatives," he said. They are derived from Christianity, sober-mindedness, military virtues, and national pride, he added.

Only one of the four Fidesz vice-chairs was re-elected, Ildiko Gall-Pelcz, who is a member of the European Parliament. The newly elected vice-chairs are Gergely Gulyas, Gabor Kubatov, and Szilard Nemeth. Gulyas has been an MP since 2010 and he will be responsible for legislation. Kubatov, has been a Fidesz member since 2002, and will be party manager. Nemeth has been an MP since 2004 and is deputy chief of the party's parliamentary group. Endit