Socialists promote primary for finding Budapest mayor's 'challenger'

The Socialists view the primary as the best option for "the democratic opposition" to select "the challenger" of incumbent Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos for the municipal elections in October next year, the leader of the opposition party's Budapest chapter told an informal roundtable on Tuesday. Under the Socialists' proposal, a candidate seeking to run for the post of Budapest mayor would be required to collect 2,000 recommendation slips, Zsolt Molnar said.