"After defending utility cost reductions and reinstating the 13th-month pension, the government is now extending the rural home renovation program to pensioners. In contrast, Peter Magyar looks down on the elderly and would take away their 13th-month pension," the Fidesz-Christian Democrat (KDNP) communications director said in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Tamas Menczer emphasized that the rural home renovation program affects 600,000 elderly people, each eligible for a three-million-forint (about 7,500 euros) subsidy to renovate their homes.
"Meanwhile, from Tisza Party chief Peter Magyar, the elderly can expect disdain, as he has referred to them as a 'pensioner commando',”
Menczer claimed.
The video includes an audio recording of Peter Magyar at an event, where he is heard saying: “I’ll sic my pensioner commando on you.”
Menczer also alleged that Peter Magyar believes elderly people "smell bad." To support this claim, the video includes another recording in which Magyar says: "People and their breath stink."
Furthermore, Menczer mentioned that Peter Magyar has told the elderly to "buy themselves a new grandchild" when they asked him to bring them back to Hungary.
The Fidesz-KDNP communications director stressed that the Tisza Party leader does not like elderly people, a claim supposedly confirmed by his own advisor, agricultural entrepreneur Gyorgy Rasko. In the video, Rasko is heard saying:
“Peter Magyar has clearly stated that for him, the upper age limit is 40-45 years” and “he doesn’t like elderly people either.”
Menczer concluded by saying that Peter Magyar disrespects the elderly and, under Brussels’s orders, would take away their 13th-month pension—something the Hungarian government will not allow to happen.
