Orban Challenger Leads Protest Calling For Reforms Of Child Protections In Hungary

Peter Magyar, an aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, renewed his calls for change on April 26 as he led a protest of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orban's government. Magyar led the demonstration outside the Interior Ministry as demonstrators criticized it for failing to prevent the sexual abuse of children in state-run institutions. In his comments to the crowd the 43-year-old Magyar took aim at Orban's portrayal of himself as a defender of families and traditional values and called for genuine reforms to address child welfare.