BRUSSELS, KOMPAS.com – It is not difficult to digest how adventurous politician Hungary, Jozsef Szajer, made the headlines in the European mass media last week.
On the one hand, there is a spotlight on the impact on public health when a politician attends a party at a cafe in Brussels along with 25 other guests who clearly violated health protocols during the quarantine of the alias area lockdown of Belgium.
On the other hand there is hypocrisy. How can a composer of marriage prohibitions gay in Hungary’s constitution a room full of naked men in what local newspapers call ” orgy“?
There is also a comedy side when a member Parliament The European tried to escape from the scene by climbing a gutter pipe.
Szajer, one of the founders party ultrakonservatif named Fidesz, admits that his mistakes were purely personal and should not be seen as a reflection of his country or political community.
However, Szajer’s appeal may not be heard by the general public.
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Gay rights in Hungary
Fidesz is a party that has become a thorn in the flesh in the European Union considering that it has a track record of silencing critical voices in the media, extending control over the legal system and restricting gay rights in marriage and adoption.
Szajer himself is a figure who drafted the Hungarian constitution which stipulates that marriage is a heterosexual act.
He resigned from his post as a member of the European Parliament before the details of his case came under public scrutiny. However, as soon as her case appeared in the media, it seemed that she herself understood that her political career was over.
After all, how could Szajer be forgiven by his colleagues at Party Fidesz who has no sympathy for gay rights after the sex party coordinator described their activities to the newspaper The last news.
“We chat a little, we drink a little, like in a cafe. The only difference is that we also have sex with each other. I don’t see anything wrong with that,” said David Manzheley, coordinator of a sex party at a cafe in Brussels.
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Cold fired
The leader of the Fidesz Party and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, responded to this news coldly.
Szajer’s actions, Orban said, had no place in their family political values.
However, Orban added, Szajer’s contribution to the development of the Fidesz Party will not be forgotten, his actions are unacceptable and cannot be defended.
Orban was an astute and effective leader, who built his political reputation as an opposition activist calling for free elections and an end to the Soviet Union’s occupation of Hungary.
However, Orban’s response to Szajer reminded the audience of troubled or embarrassing individuals in the Soviet era who suddenly became “non-human”. And that is what may happen to Szajer’s fate.
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Difference in value
Szajer’s case illustrates the cultural differences between Western and Eastern Europeans on topics such as gay rights.
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, won the general election last summer by calling for that ideology LGBT more dangerous than that communism.
Meanwhile in Western Europe, David Manzheley, coordinator of the sex party that Szajer attended, complained about something that could illustrate the difference in values.
“The police said ‘KTP, now!’ However, we weren’t even wearing our underwear. How can we show our IDs? ” said Manzheley.
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It’s hard to imagine Orban or Duda criticizing the police like that. What is clear is that Manzheley was not criticized for her sexual preference, but for her actions that violated health protocols.
The media’s treatment of the case in Western Europe reflects a revolution in behavior towards topics such as gay rights that began in the 1960s in a number of countries but has gained tremendous momentum in recent years, even in conservative countries like Ireland.
Manzheley argues that he provides health workers at the party to perform rapid test to Covid-19 nor does it make him immune to criticism of health protocol violations.
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