"We lied morning, noon and night," said the Hungarian prime minister last month, of his party's approach to government. As if the insult to his electorate were not enough, he clarified: "It was a dramatic monologue, like when you talk to your wife and say, 'My darling, our marriage isn't worth anything,' but it means, 'I would like to improve.' It's not a lie. It's emotion and exaggeration." The premier is hoping to salvage his relationship with Hungarian citizens, especially as he embarks on cuts to public services. Some have dismissed the street protests provoked by Gyurcsány's admission as the work of skinhead thugs (which in part they are) but few could blame the people of Budapest for boiling over at economic incompetence coupled with gargantuan political arrogance.
This month's vote for the worst abuser of democracy Results so far Ferenc Gyurcsány 65% General Sonthi Boonyaratglin 27% Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 3% Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2% Shinzo Abe 1% Vojislav Kostunica 2% ""