October 23 - Gulyas presents high state awards

Gergely Gulyas, head of the Prime Minister's Office, presented high state awards on behalf of President Janos Ader on the occasion of Hungary's October 23 national holiday, on Friday. In his address, Gulyas said that "we must never again get into a situation when we could be deprived of our freedom". He insisted that "we must not allow the ideas of communism regain control over our everyday life, that Marx and Lenin statues should be erected under pretext of the rule of law".