Janos Lazar: Peter Magyar Should Not Be Entrusted with Leading the Country

Janos Lazar, Hungary's minister of Construction and Transport, was an invited guest on the Bayer Show. The main topic of the program was the protest against the recent amendment to the Fundamental Law, but they also discussed the Pride parade, Peter Magyar, Ukraine and railway accidents.

Janos Lazar, Hungarian Construction and Transport Minister (Photo: MTI/Peter Lehoczky)

Lazar acknowledged that some people mockingly call him the "WC minister", as he oversees 1,200 public restrooms under the MAV railway company, many of which need renovation.

But he dismissed the criticism:

"Anyone who looks down on me or my work because of this is actually looking down on the Hungarian people."

The governing party politician emphasized that a modern, 21st-century country must have clean and well-maintained public transportation facilities, including restrooms.

Host Zsolt Bayer raised concerns about the frequency of railway accidents, postulating that nearly all of them happen because people ignore red signal lights and drive onto the tracks. Lazar disagreed, saying that the reasons were not necessarily stupidity, but rather simply recklessness, impatience and inattentiveness.

When asked how the government could win the 2026 elections, Lazar responded: "By doing politics with and for the people."

Cover photo: Janos Lazar, Hungarian Construction and Transport Minister (Photo: MTI/Peter Lehoczky)