„Benárd képviselő úr vigyázzon, mert önt majd egyszer megkérdezik, hogy miért írta alá a trianoni szerződést”

Absztrakt

A sharp exchange of words broke out between Sándor Propper and István Farkas, a Social Democrat, and Ágost Benárd, a member of the governing party, during the session of the National Assembly on 28 April 1938. The dispute soon turned personal. The two Social Democrat MPs accused Ágost Benárd of having voluntarily signed the Trianon Peace Treaty. They also noted that they would not have signed it. Benárd denied the accusations. He asked for the floor and demanded that the charges be withdrawn, citing the attack on his person. He explained that the same accusation had been made against him in Veszprém in the spring of 1935. At the time, when his opponent Miklós Griger had made the same claim in public during the parliamentary election campaign. Benárd brought and won a libel suit against Griger. He presented the minutes of the Council of Ministers which proved that he had signed the agreement on behalf of the government and not voluntarily. Miklós Griger apologised. Benárd expected the same from his Social Democrat colleague, who did not do so.