(25 Sep 2006) SHOTLIST
++Night Shots++
1. Wide of people dancing, waving flags in Kossuth square
2. Pan across flags
3. Tilt down from flag to woman waving flag
4. Close of woman
5. Various of child at protest
6. Anti-government banner, pull out to wide of square
7. People handing out leaflets
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rekka, Protester (Only one name given):
"Who can believe, is there a person on this earth who will believe one of his (referring to Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany) words or anything that he says from now on"
9. Cutaway protesters waving flags
10. SOUNDBITE: (Hungarian) Adam, Protester (Only one name given):
"Now being a Hungarian in Hungary is a little difficult. Hungarian people try to change things and do something to fix the situation and they are proud of being Hungarian no matter what is happening."
11. Various of musicians performing on stage, playing Hungarian songs
12. Protesters singing with band
13. Guitarist from band
14. Tilt up from white ribbon on protester's shirt to mid of man waving flag
15. Wide of stage
16. Wide pan of square
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Hungarian protesters turned out for the eighth day on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany quit for lying about the dire state of the economy.
Protesters danced and waved Hungarian flags and listened to live bands in Budapest's Kossuth square.
Some wore white ribbons, after the opposition party called on individuals to wear white as a symbol of opposing lies.
"Who can believe is there a person on this earth who will believe one of his words or anything that he says from now on," said Rekka, a protester, to an AP Television crew.
But, in a sign that passions might be ebbing, the crowd was significantly smaller than before.
By evening, no more than 5-thousand people remained at the Square in front of the neo-Gothic parliament building, which has been the main protest site.
20-thousand people flocked to the square on Saturday, the biggest demonstration to date against Gyurcsany, to express their outrage at his
admission that his government had "lied morning, evening and night" about the economy.
Gyurcsany remained defiant however.
In an interview published on Sunday, he said he still planned to seek his party's chairmanship next year and that the results of next Sunday's municipal elections would not affect his plans.
Separately, he linked the centre-right opposition to rioting earlier this week that left hundreds of people injured and caused damage equalling hundreds of thousands of euros.
The real test of public sentiment comes next week.
A tape of the comments was made at a closed-door meeting in late May, weeks after Gyurcsany's government became the first in post-communist Hungary to win re-election.
Immediately after its release, began the first protest last Sunday, drawing thousands.
For two days, police battled hundreds of radicals trying to storm strategic or symbolic buildings, including the Socialist Party headquarters.
More than 150 people have been taken into custody since the riots erupted early on Tuesday.
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