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Polgár said she considered the initiative to nominate her a great honor and was extremely grateful for it.
“I highly respect the prime minister’s gesture in asking an independent candidate above party politics to stand for president, despite his party’s decisive parliamentary weight,” she wrote.
“At the same time, I do not feel I have the strength to take on the historic responsibility of uniting a divided nation, and so I am unable to accept the nomination,” she added.
Polgár said she would support a new, independent and respected president in every way possible to achieve these goals.
Magyar wrote under her post: “Dear Judit! Thank you for everything you have done for Hungary! Perhaps I can say on behalf of millions of Hungarians that we will count on you in the future, one way or another.”
Kriszta Bódis, a Tisza Party MP and government commissioner, wrote that she, the entire Tisza parliamentary group and many Tisza supporters believed Polgár would have made an excellent president.
“I am saddened to learn of your decision, but I understand it, as you have received so much undeserved abuse. I hope we will meet again, and I can tell you in person how much I respect you. Wishing you strength and peace,” Bódis wrote.
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