LMP launches petition calling for transport minister’s resignation

Over 67 percent of InterCity trains arrived more than five minutes late in August, Jozsef Gal, the party’s spokesman, told a press conference, adding that these were the worst punctuality statistics on record.

He cited Prime Minister Viktor Orban as saying this past weekend that comparing the state of the Hungarian railway during Lazar’s time as minister with how it was before Lazar’s tenure would provide a picture of the minister’s performance.

Gal insisted that Hungarian passengers would give Lazar a “failing grade” for his work over the last two years.

He said that in 2022 only 45 percent of InterCity trains saw delays of more than five minutes, adding that LMP had also submitted to parliament a draft proposal calling for Lazar’s resignation.