Public media foundation MTVA has filed a criminal complaint with the police against opposition deputies “exceeding their rights arising from their mandate”, MTVA said.
The deputies, headed by independent MP Ákos Hadházy, entered the MTVA building on Sunday evening, saying that they wanted to make a public statement. MTVA’s security chief told them that “their right to enter the premises does not extend to disrupting operations “. The deputies were also warned that they cannot enter any of the studios or editorial offices.
According to MTVA’s statement, the deputies had threatened that unless their demands were met, thousands of “angry people” would enter the building. Meanwhile, protesters outside pelted stones and bottles at the police, the statement said.
The politicians, including independent Bernadett Szél, Socialist Ágnes Kunhalmi, István Ujhelyi and Tibor Szanyi, LMP’s Péter Ungár, Jobbik’s Andrea Varga-Damm and János Stummer, Liberal Anett Bősz, as well as Ágnes Vadai and Lászlo Varju of the Democratic Coalition, spent the night in the MTVA building, the statement said. Hadházy, who attempted to climb over a railing, and Szél were removed from the building by security staff.