The leader of the opposition party Tisza, Péter Magyar, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s main rival in the upcoming parliamentary elections, has accused the ruling Fidesz party and Orbán himself of staging a “false flag” provocation. The trigger was an incident in Serbia, where Serbian authorities claim to have discovered powerful explosives near a gas pipeline that carries Russian gas to Hungary.
In a social media statement, Magyar noted that he had been receiving signals for several weeks from various sources about a possible provocation specifically at the Serbian pipeline over Easter — one week before Hungary’s elections, scheduled for April 12.
“After the failure of previous false flag operations and the decline in Fidesz’s support, Viktor Orbán — with the help of Serbian and Russian actors — wants to cross a new red line,” the opposition figure wrote. He stressed that if Orbán’s propaganda begins exploiting this incident for electoral purposes, it would be a direct admission of a pre-planned provocation.
Magyar called on Orbán to immediately inform the public about developments and to invite him to a session of the Defence Council, noting that “whoever organised this provocation, the situation will have to be resolved by the future Tisza government.”
No official investigation with independent international participation has yet been announced. The situation continues to unfold, and its outcome could significantly influence the outcome of the April 12 vote.