Viktor Orban Claims He Rejected Secret Police Recruitment During Military Service
Former Hungarian PM Viktor Orban reveals secret police documents claiming he refused to become a communist informant during his compulsory military service i...
POLICY WIRE — Budapest, Hungary — Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban disclosed on Tuesday that the state security services of the communist era attempted to turn him into an informant during his mandatory military duty.
In a statement shared on Facebook on November 3, Orban asserted that he flat rejected the recruitment offer while serving in the military during the early 1980s.
To support his claims, the former leader published archival documents from the secret service dating back to 1982 and the late 1980s.
Orban further alleged that following his refusal to cooperate with the intelligence services, he became a subject of intense monitoring by the police.
This revelation comes just one day before Hungary is scheduled to release the initial set of public records regarding informants from the former communist period.
The disclosure has reignited intense national debate regarding Orban’s personal history and the ongoing controversy surrounding the country’s remaining unreleased intelligence files.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
