A recording understood to feature Jobbik MP and deputy speaker of the National Assembly Tamás Sneider describing his connections to the far-right group “Betyársereg” and the party’s tactics of posing as moderate to lure voters has surfaced. The recording was made in the southwestern town of Szekszárd in autumn 2014 at a meeting between the MP, whose past as the leader of a skinhead group has been exposed earlier, and the racist “Betyársereg”, lead by convicted criminal Zsolt Tyirityán. In the recording, Mr. Sneider confirmed the existence of a strategic alliance, earlier denied by Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona, between the far-right group and his party.

Speaking at the meeting, the Jobbik MP also said that one must be a “kind, cute child” to appeal to pensioners and the adoption of a more moderate tone to attract new voters is important. He also claimed that the party has gained strength in the country’s western Transdanubia region because “gypsy criminals come and murder old people” but the party must not appear to be violent because old people will think that they will be no better than “gypsy criminals”. He said that only the party’s communication has changed and not Jobbik itself.

The deputy speaker of the National Assembly also commented on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s alleged ancestry. “I didn’t believe for a long time that Viktor Orbán is of gypsy ancestry but yes, his mother is gypsy”, he said, referring to the Prime Minister’s late mother.

According to the website of the think tank Athena Institute, the far-right “Betyársereg”, founded in 2008 and boasting a membership of around 60 people, has connections to organised crime groups.

via hir24.hu

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