Hungary's Watergate: Secret service spied on opposition
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Hungary's Watergate: Secret service spied on opposition
"Many have described it as a 'return to dictatorship and Communist times.' The intelligence service is said to have tried to recruit technicians in charge of maintaining the party's IT system, in order to access internal party information and use it to rig the election."
"Tisza is currently well ahead of Orban's Fidesz party in the polls, and is predicted to win the parliamentary election on April 12. The Hungarian government has not denied the revelations; instead, it has described the intelligence services' actions as a response to an alleged Ukrainian espionage attempt."
The Hungarian election campaign has been marred by a scandal involving the Constitution Protection Office's alleged attempt to infiltrate the Tisza Party. This operation aimed to obstruct the party's election participation and access internal information. The Tisza Party poses a significant threat to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, leading in polls ahead of the April 12 election. The government has not denied the allegations, attributing the intelligence actions to a supposed Ukrainian espionage attempt, though details remain unclear.
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