ELECTION UPDATE: Everyone will be able to vote for LMP!
2010. március 20.
The deadline for collecting support slips was this past Friday, March 19th at 4:00 PM (Find out more about support slips and the Hungarian election system by clicking here.) Up untill the deadline, it seemed that LMP (Politics Can be Different) would not be able establish regional lists in all of Hungary's 20 regions. Stress was high, and all of LMP's activists were working hard up untill the bitter end. Many cut it close, so much so that for example the 11th parliamentary district's candidate, Gergely Kispál, turned in his 763 support slips at around 3:45 PM, 15 minutes before the official deadline. The situation was just as tense around the rest of the country as well. With one last massive effort by LMP's devoted activists and supporters, the party succeeded in collecting enough supports slips in the questionable regions of Fejér, Békés, Nográd, and Vas, to establish regional lists there as well! LMP is now waiting for confirmation from OVB, the National Elections Agency, on the legitimacy of all of its support slips. Tovább »
UPDATE: Regional list established in six of twenty regions! 80,000+ support slips!
2010. március 12.
As of today, Politics can Be Different (LMP) has succeeded in collecting enough support-slips for a regional list in six of the twenty parliamentary regions. In the regions of Budapest, Baranya, Bács-Kiskun, Borsod, Tolna, and Pest, it is now official that voters will have an opportunity to cast their ballots for LMP. There are countless other parliamentary districts where LMP candidates are just a couple of slips away from the required 750 support-slips; they have 6 more days to collect them. “LMP is confident that it will be able to establish regional lists in all of the 20 regions, and that thus everyone in the country will have an opportunity to vote for Politics can Be Different (LMP)” said Gergely Karácsony, the party’s campaign manager. With six days left in the collection process, LMP has collected over 80,000 support slips nationwide. LMP has now collected more support slips than it has received votes in the 2009 European Parliament election. Tovább »
A fresh, transparent qualification system instead of the current broken one!
2010. február 26.
Already this campaign season there have been serious reports of abuses of the support-slip system. Politics can Be Different (LMP) reccomends a reform of the ballot-qualification methodology which is currently in place. Instead of the present corrupt and anti-democratic system which is used today to obtaina a spot on the ballot, the proposal calls for a moral investment. Gergely Karácsony, the campaign manager of LMP, held a press-meeting last Saturday to outline the proposal. Tovább »
LMP breaks through! Latest poll puts LMP at 5%, above parliamentary threshold!
2010. február 22.
Latest Forsense poll conducted polled LMP at having 5% of the decided voters. The poll found that the current preferences of decided voters are: Tovább »
Reports of support-slip abuse! LMP files Police report.
2010. február 20.
Politics Can be Different is filing a report against a set of unknown individuals for the abuses of the support-slip system in eight separate municipalities. This time, public officials are suspected of having committed the breach. Tovább »
Nepszava's interview with Schiffer András
2010. február 19.
Translated from Népszava by LMP
András Schiffer began his political career as a member of the Hungarian Youth Socialist party in the 90’s and soon after he became a full time lawyer. Recently he has represented clients such as Viktor Orbán, the leader of the conservative party, and Tibor Bakács, a famous journalist. His great grandfather was president of Hungary. Today he is in the number one position on the Politics can Be Different (LMP) National Ballot list. Tovább »
The momentum is with us! New Poll finds LMP at 3%!
2010. február 18. - 1 hozzászólás
A new Századvég poll conducted found that if the elections were held today, Politics can Be Different (LMP) would receive 3% of the votes. LMP's biggest advantages is also its biggest disadvantage. Politics can Be Different (LMP) is not very prominent in many areas of the country. LMP has yet to tap into hundreds of thousands of potential voters. For LMP, the outcome of the Parliamentary elections in April could very well depend on whether or not they succeed in reaching out to this section of the population. Tovább »
LMP in all of Hungary!
2010. február 17.
LMP (Politics Can be Different) has a candidate running in each of the 176 Hungarian Parliamentary districts. András Schiffer and Benedek Jávor , LMP candidates in the first and second position on the National Ballot, and Gergly Karácsony, LMP campaign manager, held a press conference last Wednesday to introduce the official list of candidates. Tovább »
Domestic jobs, not imported gas!
2010. február 9.
According to LMP, decreasing the import tax on natural gas to 5% is at best a temporary solution. In the long run, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of domestic energy sources. The type of socially sensitive mentality required to implement such a change can be brought about via the institution of domestic aid regardless of the type of heating system used. The country’s disproportionally large energy consumption is unacceptable, especially taking into consideration the state’s increasing budget for environmental conservation, which comes from selling of carbon credits. As a result of this, Politics Can be Different (LMP) continues to support the advice of the ombudsman, who calls for the creation of a separate budget for environmental conservation. Tovább »
We can't let them freeze to death!
2010. február 9.
Politics Can be Different (LMP) held a public protest to raise awareness of the countless homeless men, women, and children who are freezing to death during this bitter cold winter season, and about the pressing issues associated with extreme poverty in Hungary. Following the protest, Bálint Misetics held a press conference to articulate the party's proposals and suggestions for combating poverty and homelessness. Tovább »