Radical nationalist Jobbik said the date would not significantly influence the outcome of the vote, but Hungary’s “distorted election system” could. Jobbik spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said that the electoral system would benefit the ruling parties both in Budapest and in the provinces. He added that his party was open to cooperation with civil groups, but not with any of the other political parties.

E-PM co-leader Péter Juhász said that his party alliance was ready to face the October vote, and added that “if it were up to E-PM”, an agreement between the opposition parties could be made before the end of this week. He suggested that the Socialists were “playing for time” and delaying the agreement.

According to the Democratic Coalition (DK) the vote will be “neither free nor fair”. Board member László Varju told MTI in a statement that the president’s setting the date “without any doubt or concern” was “no surprise”. Benedek R. Sallai, a lawmaker for green LMP suggested that the date would not influence his party’s preparations, but called it outrageous that the new rules governing municipal elections had raised constitutional concerns.

He insisted that Áder’s waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision before setting the date indicated that the president himself had doubts about “the system tailored in the last minute to fit Fidesz”.

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