[fse-esf] Fw: [esfeast] Renewed social tensions in Hungary

Sun Feb 4 12:55:13 CET 2007

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From: "Artner Annamária" <aartner at t-online.hu>
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Cc: "Benyik Mátyás" <mbenyik at freemail.hu>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [esfeast] Renewed social tensions in Hungary


> Dear Friends,
> The  below  letter  form  Endre Simó is not his first and even not his
> last step to
> back  the  most antidemocratic and lying force in Hungary,  using the
> well-known  mode of propaganda against the parlamentarian order of the
> country. This  was  the case with the "Weimar Republic." FIDESZ and its
> satellite  organizations  use  the  rightful  unsatisfaction  of  the
> majority of people for preparing the overtaking the rule.
>
> The  Hungarian  situation  is  very  serious  and  dangerous,  and the
> progressive   forces   has   a  very limited place to act, as they are
> against  the  neoliberal developments but know, that the other possibly
> political power being able the change the now ruling "socialist" party
> is even and nuch-much worse!
>
> Please be aware of this!
> best regards
>
> Annamaria Artner
> ATTAC Hungary
>
>
> (Matyi, ha nem megy át min2 listára, rakd fel te, kérlek!!!)
>
> 2007. február 4., 11:16:05, írtad:
>
>
> SE>
> SE> Hungary is showing signs of renewed social tensions, risking with
> SE> major social conflicts because the consequences ont he life of the
> SE> population of the ultra liberal policy of the ruling coalition of
> Ferenc
> SE> Gyurcsany government of socialists and free democrats. The EU
> SE> wanted ?Convergency Program? of Gyurcsany has drastically increased
> SE> all the prices and taxes of products and services of first necessity,
> has
> SE> opened the way to the demolishing of the welfare system and it is
> SE> restricting the democratic rights of freedom. The grown prices and
> SE> taxes, among them the 60-65 pc increased price of the gaz for
> SE> domestic consumption from 1st of February, have largely overcame the
> SE> solvibility of milions of pensioners, jobless and poor people, causing
> a
> SE> generalizing discontentment among the population. Demonstrations
> SE> and calls for strikes are testifying the resistence of the people
> against
> SE> the drastic worsening of life conditions, the closure of hospitals and
> the
> SE> introduction of health payment system, the closure of schools, post
> SE> offices and railway lines considered unnecessary from the point of
> SE> vieuw of State financing by the ruling coalition of socialists and
> free
> SE> democrats. New mass lockouts in the public sector are planned for this
> SE> year. The everyday public protests are showing the maturation of the
> SE> civic resistence and the solidarity among people. Prime Minister
> SE> Gyurcsany continues refusing his dismissal and Socialist Party seems
> to
> SE> elect him president of the party on 24th February. In front of the
> SE> growing social discontentment Gyurcsany is recurring to policial
> SE> mesures and to restrictions of the democratic rights of freedom in
> SE> Hungary. Since last october Budapest Kossuth square, the political
> SE> heart of the country, is declared ?operation area of the police? and
> SE> closed to the public with a double metellic barrier. All kind of
> SE> demonstration has been banned in open contradiction with the spirit of
> SE> the constitution. On 2d February deputies of the opposition has
> SE> demolished this ?iron courtain?, but Gyucsany has immediately ordered
> SE> the re-building of the barrier defense system followed by the closure
> SE> not only of the square but also of the accession ways to it. All polls
> are
> SE> indicating a dramatic loose of the popularity of Gyurcsany government
> SE> and an increased sympathy of the main political force in opposition,
> SE> FIDESZ (Alliance of the young Democrats, Hungarian Civic Party).
> SE> FIDESZ president, Viktor Orban has confirmed his party intention to
> SE> withdraw the law on Health Reform and the safegaurding of the
> SE> existing solidarity social security system, banning the privatization
> of
> SE> the same. In order to achieve these concrete results the Social Round
> SE> Table organized on 16th December 2006 for initiative of our Hungarian
> SE> Social Forum cw, has decided enter in a unity of action with the
> SE> National Round Table for Health, in which also FIDESZ is present. On
> SE> 1st of February the Social Round Table, composed by Trade Unions,
> SE> civic organisations and leftwing political parties and groups, has
> SE> engaged itself with the National Round Table for Health, composed by
> SE> the Chamber of Doctors and Assistants, civic organisations of ill
> people,
> SE> Trade Union of Health Employees (EDDSZ) and FIDESZ in order to
> SE> achieve the revocation of the law of ?Health Reform? and to hinder the
> SE> privatisation of the Hungarian Social Security System (TB). The
> principle
> SE> guiding us in doing so, is the necessity of democratic joining of
> forces
> SE> for concrete objectives, leftwing unity beeing unsufficient to achieve
> SE> these fundamental social goals. We want to obtain concrete results at
> SE> the defense of equal Rights to Health, against all kind of
> discriminations
> SE> in the healthcare and to maintain in public hands the solidarity based
> SE> Security System. Interesting new opportunities are opening also in the
> SE> fields of education and employment with other democratic forces
> SE> interested in achieving the same goals with the left. While State
> owned
> SE> medias are ignoring our steps, other medias are largely echoing the
> SE> activity of the Social Round Table and its policy of democratic
> alliances.
>
> SE>       4th February 2007                                   Endre Simó.
>
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