So Alexandra Szentkirályi, Balázs Németh, Viktor Orbán, and Fidesz clearly lied to everyone.
So Alexandra Szentkirályi, Balázs Németh, Viktor Orbán, and Fidesz clearly lied to everyone.
While pro-government media on March 15 practically did not cover the Tisza Party’s event, one image still spread widely in their reports: a photo showing a Ukrainian flag appearing in the crowd. Since Sunday, this image has been shared by most regional newspapers, several Fidesz politicians, and the public media as well.
On Sunday evening, based on a reader’s report, we wrote that provocateurs likely raised the Ukrainian flag at the scene, which led to an argument between them and participants of the Tisza march. A video recording of the incident was also made.
According to the footage, the action involved six young people and one older man, who pushed into the crowd at Deák Square around 15:20, stretched out the flag, and then disappeared as quickly as they had appeared.
Our reader, who witnessed the scene, also said that photographers appeared immediately after the flag was raised. The events were allegedly photographed from surrounding balconies as well, which is also suggested by the viral image that appears to have been taken from a higher vantage point.
There was another action as well
On Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road, there are several possible locations, but another recording helped identify the exact spot. On Monday morning, our editorial office received additional photos showing an earlier action by the same group. Based on the timestamps, this took place about two hours earlier, around 13:40.
This time, a smaller group attached banners to the top-floor balcony railing of a building. The banners read:
“Ukrainian war march,”
“Is Weber paying you well, Péter?”,
and “Welcome to the war march” with the Tisza logo.
Two of the young people seen in this footage later also took part in the Deák Square action.
Anti-Tisza banners.
Photo: a reader
The building is located at 5 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road, which will become relevant later.
Minors were used to do the dirty work
To determine who may have participated in the actions, we attempted to identify the individuals seen in the footage using publicly available images. Out of the seven people, we found matches in two cases. Since they are minors, we only publish their initials in the article.