Madjar claims that the kompromat is orchestrated by people connected to the Prime Minister.
The leader of the Hungarian opposition and main rival of Viktor Orban in the upcoming elections, Peter Madjar (44), stated that he became a victim of a "classic Russian-style kompromat" using hidden filming.
As the politician recounted, on August 2, 2024, his party "Respect and Freedom" (TISZA) organized a party for supporters, after which his ex-girlfriend Evelyn Vogel invited him to another house party, and he agreed. At five in the morning, they arrived at an apartment where, according to Madjar, there were strangers, and on the table, there was alcohol and substances resembling drugs. "I did not touch the items on the table. I did not use drugs. A few minutes later, Evelyn and I went into a room and engaged in consensual sexual relations," the politician stated.
According to him, later, from Evelyn's behavior and the "increasing blackmail," it became clear to him that he had become a victim of a "compromising operation."
Madjar published his address after the media drew attention to a website hinting at the imminent disclosure of information about some incident. The website featured footage of a room with a double bed and the inscription "Coming soon."
Madjar claims that the kompromat is orchestrated by people connected to Prime Minister Viktor Orban. "I will not allow Viktor Orban and his people to distract attention from reality for weeks with mystification. Neither Russian intelligence services nor a stream of fake videos will help you," he stated.
Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, responding the day before to a question about the website, told reporters: "I cannot comment on something I know nothing about." Orban's government spokesperson, Zoltan Kovacs, did not respond to Reuters' emailed questions.
Parliamentary elections will be held in Hungary on April 12. Madjar's center-right party "Respect and Freedom" (TISZA) is ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling party "Fidesz" in most polls.
