Magyar: Volunteers key to success of flood defence
Without the hard work of tens of thousands of volunteers, flood defences "wouldn't work anywhere", the opposition Tisza Party leader said in a statement on Wednesday.
Peter Magyar wrote that 12,000 volunteer reservists had been working on the dams since Sunday, while the government had only managed to deploy 1,600 soldiers by Wednesday over five days.
“While children are also (rightly) filling sandbags, the army is holding military exercises in Bakony,” he said.
Magyar hailed national unity and the work of civilians as “something to be applauded”. “But in a normally functioning government, the work of civilians wouldn’t be complemented by professional staff, but the other way around,” he added.
