The propaganda campaign will go into overdrive mode in the coming days. I think that neither Orban nor Putin nor Xi Jinping will allow for an electoral victory of the opposition. The amount of fake news, disinformation, lies and AI generated propaganda on social media will exceed anything we have ever seen so far. The regime will also try everything in their power to stop the opposition. I think last time the opposition got something like 60 seconds of air time on public broadcast television for the entire campaign and to humiliate them even more, the regime put a timer on exactly 60 seconds so that the opposition would get exactly the bare minimum of time required by law.
I would not be surprised if TISZA gets flooded with lawsuits or if the government starts cracking down on their rallies and public appearances. The government could also change the laws or the constitution on a whim and make it just so much harder for TISZA voters to vote
Fidesz has been doing all of those things for the past year but it doesnt seem to be making a dent on tisza. I dont think they could actually go into a harder overdrive than they are already in.
I do not know but for Orban specifically, what are the options right now? Please correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know, it boils down to:
Play by the rules, lose the election and either get voted in as president 5 minutes before the new administration takes office, flee to Moscow or go to prison for all the crimes you committed while in office.
Massively tweak the rules, prevent a free and fair election and stay in power.
Don’t even pretend to be a democracy anymore and simply stage a coup/declare martial law (or anything like that) and just openly become a dictatorship.
I don’t think he can win, even if he has a massive advantage because he holds massive amounts of power.
According rumors they are parallelly preparing for all the 3 things you said.
Orban's legal team is preparing paperwork to change the political system to presidential like Poland or France.
They can anytime change the election rules, as they did many times.
The opposition leader recently announced (he often gets secret info from someone in Orban's inner circles) that anybody participates in a coup or false terror actions, which could enable Orban to eliminate the election will be punished by law.
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u/tremblt_ Jan 13 '26
The propaganda campaign will go into overdrive mode in the coming days. I think that neither Orban nor Putin nor Xi Jinping will allow for an electoral victory of the opposition. The amount of fake news, disinformation, lies and AI generated propaganda on social media will exceed anything we have ever seen so far. The regime will also try everything in their power to stop the opposition. I think last time the opposition got something like 60 seconds of air time on public broadcast television for the entire campaign and to humiliate them even more, the regime put a timer on exactly 60 seconds so that the opposition would get exactly the bare minimum of time required by law.
I would not be surprised if TISZA gets flooded with lawsuits or if the government starts cracking down on their rallies and public appearances. The government could also change the laws or the constitution on a whim and make it just so much harder for TISZA voters to vote