At the same time, he apologized to Tibor Navracsics for “Promenade 24instead of his colleagues who seriously misinterpreted their role”.

“It’s been no secret for decades that as a public figure I have openly supported Viktor Orbán’s policies and government, it is completely unacceptable for a company linked to me as an owner to attack any member of the Hungarian government in any form – moreover, with such inferior means – written by 24.hu to Rákay Philip, from Hódmezővásárhely Promenade 24 is the majority owner of the portal.

He also revealed that he “emphatically instructed” the company’s executives to immediately stop the campaign and “appropriately sanction” those involved in it. Rákay apologized to Tibor Navracsics for “Promenade 24instead of his colleagues who seriously misinterpreted their role”.

When contacted by the newspaper, he also revealed that he has been negotiating with an investor for months, with whom he will soon agree on the sale of the newspaper. He also announced that he will resign from the supervisory board membership of Nemzeti Ménesbirtok és Tangazdaság Zrt., and he will inform the stakeholders of his decision today. The ltd. it is the property of the Jövő Nemzedék Földje Foundation, in which János Lázár is the chairman of the board of trustees.

Previously, the hvg.hu also wrote about how the Hódmezővásárhely newspaper linked to János Lázár’s circles attacked Tibor Navracsics for allegedly maintaining too friendly a relationship with Péter Márki-Zay. The first article The warm handshakes of the boisterous mayor and the “European Fidesz”. was published under the title – without a name – on February 17, which, according to Meta data, was advertised on Facebook for around HUF 800-900 thousand. THE Telex later he wrote that the Hódmezővásárhely portal spent about HUF 2.2–2.5 million on advertising expired articles in seven days.