HELLO, THIS IS THE HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY!

The popularization of the so-called ’programme of 100 steps’ goes on with the help of a direct marketing campaign by telephone, using the voice of Premier Gyurcsány.

The listener can react to certain parts of the message by pressing the buttons. The Prime Minister’s Office has not refuted the fact but they said the campaign was directed and financed by the Hungarian Socialist Party. László Dobó MP (Fidesz) said yesterday he would ask the Prime Minister a written question about his roadshow on 160 scenes popularizing the programme of 100 steps which had cost HUF 150 million. László Dobó said there had been rumours about the government spending HUF 3,5 billion for propaganda and expressed his hope that the campaign on ’phone was not paid from the taxpayers’ money.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó