During a press conference, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony emphasized the importance of the upcoming Pride parade as a symbol of defiance against attempts to undermine democracy in Hungary. He condemned the government's recent legal restrictions, asserting that love cannot be outlawed and that all individuals deserve equal rights. Despite potential counter-demonstrations from far-right groups, Karácsony expressed confidence in the municipal police to uphold freedoms of assembly, emphasizing the event's significance in the broader struggle for human rights in Hungary.
Hungary has become a laboratory for dismantling democracy over the past 15 years. The attempted ban on Pride is the culmination of that process.
Love cannot be banned, no one can be a second-class citizen in Hungary. That's why the capital's municipality has taken the lead in organising Budapest Pride.
I am sure that unless there is an explicit political order for the police not to fulfil their constitutional duty, they will carry it out professionally.
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