With 'Operation Purgatory,' Magyar moves to demolish Orban system
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In his first few weeks in office, Magyar lifted EU blockades introduced by his predecessor, Viktor Orban, and launched a dialogue with Ukraine, which Orban had labeled "The Empire of Evil." Back home in Budapest, parliament has approved cuts to the salaries of lawmakers and ministers and limited a prime minister's time in office to a maximum of two terms.
Much of this was anti-Orban symbolism. But with these changes under his belt, Magyar has now turned his attention to the substance of his predecessor's regime. Orban had laid out plans that stretched decades into the future: In the event of his party losing the election, civil servants who would be difficult to replace would sabotage the work of new governments. In addition, billions were squirreled away to continue financing Orban's network.
But thanks to a comfortable two-thirds majority in parliament, the government of Magyar and his Tisza party can now dismantle these structures. In an address to parliament on Monday, Magyar called Orban's style of rule the "mafia system." He promised to root it out completely using what he called "Operation Purgatory," a name that likely comes from Magyar's penchant for religious and historical symbols. Magyar has promised that comprehensive investigations will be done to establish how Orban's family and friends, as well as oligarchs and high-ranking party members, lined their pockets, and vowed that illegally obtained assets will be recovered.
He has also pledged that state institutions, the judiciary and the media will be reformed in such a way that renders it impossible to return to the Orban system, which saw political control of state institutions and the public. "Orban wanted to tie the hands of the next 10 governments," said the online news outlet 444.hu. "The Magyar administration is now ripping up that plan."
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