Search conducted in offices of Orbán's party in Hungary
The opposition Fidesz party says investigators searched its server offices, accusing the new government of suppressing its activities.
On Tuesday, July 21, investigators conducted a search in the offices of Hungary's opposition Fidesz party, where its internet servers are located. The party, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, stated that the "authoritarian regime has reached a new level". Prosecutors without warning appeared at the data center with the intent to seize the party's entire communication system and databases. The party claimed that such a precedent has not occurred in Hungary since the fall of communism in 1990. Fidesz declared it would not yield to political or legal threats and would firmly resist the "violent authoritarianism" of the Tisza party. Prime Minister Péter Magyar commented, saying he awaits a statement from the prosecutor's office. A few days earlier, former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced he was relinquishing his parliamentary mandate because he received an offer to become head of external relations and new business development for Chinese automaker BYD. Additionally, leader of the Fidesz parliamentary faction Gergely Gulyás resigned from his post in protest against constitutional changes.
