The mayor of Budapest was interviewed by the police as a suspect in helping to organize a forbidden LGBTQ mars in the city.
The event took place on 28 June despite warnings for possible legal consequences by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government adopted a law earlier this year that forbade the event.
Organizers say that despite threats from fines, a record of 200,000 people participated in the rally, which quickly descended into an anti-government protest.
Mayor Gergely Karacsony, who appeared a rainbow-t-shirt with the weapon of the capitals with the weapon of the capitals, which appeared in Hungary’s National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, Supporters said: “neither freedom nor love can be banned in Budapest”.
If accused and convicted, Karacsony can experience a year in prison for organizing and encouraging participation in a forbidden march.
“They described the accusation. I said that I considered this unfounded and that I will submit a complaint against it,” Karacsony told a crowd of about 200 supporters and journalists who had gathered outside the building where he was supported for more than an hour.
“Neither freedom nor love can be forbidden in Budapest,” said the mayor, who added it: “If it cannot be prohibited, it cannot be punished.”
Supervised by his lawyer, Karacsony did not answer questions from researchers, but instead presented them their own statement.
The annual Pride March was questioned that the government adopted a law in March that limit meetings if they violate the laws of child protection on public promotion about homosexuality.
It was the last measure of the Orban’s government that focused on the LGBTQ+ community of Hungary.
In 2020, Hungary abolished its legal recognition of transgender people and in 2021 the government approved a law that prohibits the representation of homosexuality under the age of 18.
Despite the prohibition, the mayor was in resistance and Zwur: “The Budapest town hall will organize the Budapest Pride March as a local event on 28 June”, and argued that the police could not legally prohibit a municipal event.
Last month the police announced that they would not take action against those who could have received fines up to € 500 (£ 427; $ 586) for attending the Pride Parade.
Hungary’s National Bureau of Investigation, which is responsible for investigating serious and complex crimes, said it had launched a probe against an “unknown perpetrator” accused of organizing the rally.
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