Hungarian vows to halt state media broadcasting and ensure media freedom

"We will need some time to adopt a new media law, form a new media regulatory body and establish professional conditions so that state-owned media can really do what they are intended to do," said the future Hungarian prime minister.

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Peter Magjar, Photo: Reuters
Peter Magjar, Photo: Reuters
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The future Prime Minister of Hungary, Peter Magyar, has stated that his government will suspend state media broadcasting, adopt a new media law, and ensure media freedom after taking power.

"Every Hungarian deserves a public service that tells the truth," said a Hungarian on state-run Kossuth Radio, where outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a weekly guest for the past 16 years, while opposition politicians have rarely received an invitation.

"We will need some time to adopt a new media law, form a new media regulatory body and establish professional conditions so that state media can really do what they are intended to do," Magyar added, according to Reuters.

Hungary's TISA (Respect and Freedom) party won a landslide victory in Sunday's elections, ending Orban's 16-year rule.

Critics claim that public media under Orban has served as a government mouthpiece and accuse him of overseeing the collapse of independent media while allies of his Fidesz party have taken control of private media - accusations he has denied.

Orban's heavy defeat gave the Hungarian a strong majority in the 199-seat Hungarian parliament, opening the way for a reshaping of a system that critics in the European Union say has undermined democratic norms.

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