Organizers started planning the demonstration after Fidesz MP Gergely Gulyás said late in December that he believes the freedom of public assembly needs to be restricted. Yesterday, László L. Simon, state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, said that the Hungarian government has no intention of amending the law on freedom of public assembly, and would not seek new restrictions on public gatherings.

But organizers voiced scepticism and promised to march anyway. “We are not cancelling the demonstration as we don’t believe Fidesz,” a statement on the Facebook page said.