Protesters spot and question government's Communications Commissioner

July 18. 2022. – 03:04 PM

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At one point during this morning's demonstrations in Budapest, the police was blocking the way of a few hundred demonstrators at the House of Representatives without justification, citing security reasons, and started to stop pedestrians in the area of the nearby Olympic Park. At the same time István Hollik, the Government's Commissioner for Communication made his way on foot to the parliamentary session starting at 13:00. In the end, he almost had to make a run for it and needed a rather large police escort, although people only wanted to consult him about the new tax law.

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