Peace March for Hungary seems to be a real Hungarian Brand. Still supporting the governor party Fidesz and its leader, the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, the 6th Peace March organized by the Forum of Civic Cooperation (CÖF, Civil Összefogás Fóruma) will join the Fidesz closing campaign event on Heroes square on Saturday, 29th March.
The March will take the following route: Leaving at 1.30 p.m. Kossuth Square, Alkotmány Street, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road, Andrássy Avenue, and the final destination of the peaceful Peace March is Heroes Square, where Viktor Orbán will talk to the public at 3 pm. Even though this is the reverse direction of the first March (21st January 2012), the political orientation remains the same.
CÖF, and its leaders – László Csizmadia (president of CÖF, lawyer), Zsolt Bayer (journalist), Tamás Fricz (political analyst), András Bencsik (journalist), and Gábor Széles (businessman, owner of quite a few right-wing media) – have been providing support for Fidesz since the beginning of 2012. The Opposition claims that the support is reciprocal and CÖF is financed by Fidesz.
Laszló Csizmadia is expecting a million people to participate and considers the March as a bridge to the happy future over harmful intrigues, the polgarportal.hu writes.Tamás Fricz clearly states on the news portal, MNO, in his article published on Monday, 24th March, that the reason for the sixth Peace March is the intention to finally close the post-communist period and launch the age of national sovereignty-based democracy.
CÖF launched a series of publications, in the right wing journal Magyar Hírlap, on the management of Hungarian national assets between 2006 and 2010. The investigated period does not include the last 3 years, since Fidesz is now the governing party.The first four Peace Marches in Budapest :