Hungary alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary.

The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban's party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial elections next Sunday.

Opposition leader Peter Magyar accused him of "panic-mongering" orchestrated by "Russian advisers", days after security experts warned of a possible "false flag" operation that could be blamed on Ukraine.
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In recent weeks Hungarian security experts have raised the possibility of a staged operation, either on Hungarian or Serbian territory, intended to arouse enough sympathy for Orban to help his Fidesz party win the election - or to give Orban an excuse to declare an emergency and postpone or cancel the vote.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj60x206dx1o

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Yes, finding explosives without them going off is very convenient; you get to claim a massive plot, without the inconvenience of your gas supply being interrupted. And with no actual explosions, your lackeys are far more likely to go along with it, because they don't have to worry about innocent people getting killed or injured, or cutting people's gas.

[Chasstev365]

1. Nothing like Orban gaslighting Hungary before an election!

[kurtyboy]

3. Literal gaslighting....

[AZJonnie]

2. Yeah. In order to have a Reichstag Fire, there needs to be, you know, an actual fire of some kind at or near

the actual building. Finding someone loitering around the building with a can of gasoline and a box of matches is unlikely to muster the degree of public outrage one requires to shift the voter's opinion dramatically.

Of course, as I learned from John Oliver last week, Hungary's entire electoral system has been compromised by Orban and his fascist minions. We think WE have gerrymandering the USA, but it's much, much worse in Hungary, and Orban controls the courts. So who knows.

[0rganism]

4. Previews for F47's inevitable attempt at election disruption in October

When democracy fails, tyranny follows.

[in2herbs]

5. And another article claims that Vance is in Hungary for a visit with Orban. nt