Today national dress effectively became illegal in Hungary. And as yet another liberty was denied of the Hungarian people in their own land, and a further step was made in the deliberate eradication of their heritage, there was nothing. No fanfare, no global outrage, no international media condemnation. Just the sight of an elected representative being marched off by the enforcers of the state.
In spite of the incredulity he faced from the MSZP and SZDSZ councillors sat around him, and in resolute opposition to the imperious commands issued to him by the Socialist Mayor. Jobbik councillor Zsolt Gyenge, calmly and politely took his appointed seat in the council chamber of Budapest’s VIth District.
On the day when, by Ministerial decree, the wearing of the uniform of the New Hungarian Guard – or any clothing resembling it – became an illegal offence, the democratically elected Jobbik people’s representative heeded Csanád Szegedi MEP’s recent call, and even though not a Guard member, expressed solidarity with the Guard over the recent state-motivated and press-sanctioned attacks it has been the premeditated victim of.
He wore a New Hungarian Guard waistcoat, over the plain white shirt, black trousers and shoes worn by his Father, and his Father before him; and countless other plain, decent and honest Hungarians since time immemorial.
When asked later to explain why he had taken such a stand, the Jobbik city councillor replied, “I consider it outrageous that a treasonous government thinks it fit to punish those who wish to see order in this country, who defend the people from gypsy criminality and from flooding, who collect donations for the needy and for our Hungarian siblings beyond our borders.”
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