OSCE Says Hungarian, Serbian Elections Marred By 'Absence' Of Level Playing Fields

[Litwin]

OSCE Says Hungarian, Serbian Elections Marred By 'Absence' Of Level Playing Fields

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says weekend elections in both Serbia and Hungary were marred by their "absence" of level playing fields.

www.rferl.org

The OSCE complaints are hardly surprising. What I do find somewhet surprising is that Hungarians continue to vote for Orban and his rabidly nationalist Fidesz party.

In addition, why do Hungarians, who suffered under the Soviet yoke, vote for Viktor Orban who is in cahoots with Russian president Vladimir Putin, a war criminal and international pariah?

Hungary's nationalist leader Orban criticizes Ukraine's Zelenskyy in election victory speech

Hungary's nationalist leader Viktor Orban on Sunday dubbed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, an opponent.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Infinite Chaos]

“Checks and balances” are anti-democratic.

No they're not, they are there to prevent dictatorship and the exact situation in Hungary where one man can bend the political system to keep him in power without any way to resist his actions.

People around the west, including your country’s government, and one half inch away from war and they’re posturing into this position on the idea Ukraine is a fellow “liberal democracy” and yet by Europe’s own standards Ukraine is more repressive than Hungary

The comment was about Hungary. The thread is about Hungary. Why don't you start a thread about Ukraine if you wish to make a point about Ukraine?

 

[Joby]

This is just such a transparently bullshitingly vague accusation by the same folks who tell you it's the Russians undermining "faith in democracy." And the same people can't ever accept defeat...

In Serbia the Monarchists are back in parliament, multiple parties in fact. They honestly look like they're more on the up and up than the Serbian liberals if you ask me.