Riots In Hungary As Corruption Caught On Tape
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Budapest, Hungary (AHN) - Rioters have set fire to the state television network in Budapest after tapes of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admitting to lying were played. As many as 10,000 protesters clashed with police outside Parliament, where reports say tear gas was used. According to CNN, the turmoil exploded Sunday, when state radio aired an audiotape of Prime Minister Gyurcsany telling members of his ruling Socialist Party that his government had lied about the state of the country's economy throughout its two years in office, saying, "We lied throughout the past one and a half or two years. We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening and also at night." Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom says the admission has become a "moral crisis," made worse only by the fact that Prime Minister Gyurcsany has refused to step down despite the violence on the street.
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