Hungarian Member of Parliament Calls for Jew Registry

Marton Gyongyosi

One of the leaders of Jobbik, Hungary's third largest party, found himself in rather hot water after he made an extremely distasteful statement.

Marton Gyongyosi, proposed that the country create a list of all it's Jews, saying they could be a threat, after the recent Gaza conflict.

With his bringing back memories of Nazism, mass anger was quickly aimed at Gyongyosi, including calls for his resignation.

The government's office stated that, "The government strictly rejects extremist, racist, anti Semitic voices of any kind and does everything to suppress such voices."

Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover countered with a proposal for new house rules that would sanction such comments from it's members, in the future.

Gyongyosi apologized for not wording his remarks correctly, in a way that they could be misunderstood.

Causing some to point out he wasn't actually apologizing for what he said.

But Gyongyosi says he will not resign and that the matter is now closed.

Jobbik is regularly accused of promoting anti Semitism, and also has it's own personal group of thugs, known as the Hungarian Guard.