The Hungar- ian people are jubilant for the landslide victory of Tisza Party led by PM-Elect Pé- ter Magyar. The Hungarians are also taking sigh of relief in light of the resounding defeat of highly corrupted and autocratic former PM Viktor Orban. Orban’s defeat has now ushered in a new era for Hungary and the Free World. Orban’s under-handed dealings has caused deep wounds in the psyche of world Armenians. Will PM-Elect Maygar’s administration help heal those wounds? In mid-October 2017, USA Ar- menian Life Magazine was alerted by a Hungarian colleague in Budapest about the imminent visit to Los Ange- les by a member of the corrupt Hun- garian PM Viktor Orban’s government that has collaborated with the criminal Aliyev regime in Baku, Azerbaijan. On the occasion of the visit a num- ber of Hungarian Americans joined their Fellow Americans of Armenian descent to hold a protest rally con- demning then PM Orban government’s unjustified release of Azerbaijani ax- murderer Ramil Safarov. During the Oct. 2017 protest rally in Los Angeles, USA Armenian Life Managing Editor Appo Jabarian joined a number of Hungarian Americans such Pastor Joseph Novak and Mr. Laszlo Vandor demanding the rearrest and re- imprisonment of convicted criminal axe-murderer Ramir Safarov of Azer- baijan. Will PM-Elect Magyar demand ex- tradition of Azerbaijani Axe-murderer Ramil Safarov back to Hungary to serve full the term of his sentence on killing an unarmed Armenian officer in Budapest in 2004? Reportedly PM Orban’s govern- ment was involved in a large-scale corruption. Various sources reported that millions of dollars changed hands leading to the unjust freeing of axe- murderer Safarov under the cover of extradition by Hungary. In 2004, Azeri army officer Safarov murdered Armenian army lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest. The two were in Hungary participating in a NATO-sponsored language program. One night, Safarov walked into Mar- garyan’s dormitory and hacked him to death with an axe. In April 2006, a Hungarian court found Safarov guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison. Safarov’s lawyers lost an appeal one year later. In 2012, the Orban government of Hungary allowed Safarov to be extradited to Azerbaijan. Upon arriv- ing there, Safarov received a pardon from President Aliyev. He was even declared a national hero, and received a promotion. The Orban government’s move to extradite Safarov angered world Ar- menians; generated outcry from Hun- garians, foreign governments, and rights groups around the world; and prompted Armenia to cut diplomatic ties with Hungary. Reportedly, the Safarov affair was masterminded by Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and Péter Szijjártó, then minister for external economic relations. Hungary’s decision to allow the extradition – despite the severity of the crime and the known hostilities be- tween Azerbaijan and Armenia – left many puzzled about the real motiva- tion. Back in Sept. 2012, thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest against the Orban government’s deci- sion to ‘sell’ then incarcerated Safarov back to Baku. The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Coun- cil of Europe (PACE) condemned the use of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons by Azerbaijan to release and pardon of convicted Azeri criminal Safarov after his transfer to Azerbaijan from prison in. The PACE resolution, based on a report by Chris- topher Chope (United Kingdom, Eu- ropean Democrat Group) and adopted by the Standing Committee, called the use of the treaty by Azerbaijan “a vio- lation of the principles of good faith in international relations and of the rule of law.” In 2016-2017, a series of articles released as part of the Azerbaijani Laundromat, “an international inves- tigative journalism collaboration, un- covered highly suspicious transfers of millions of dollars to Hungary at the time of Safarov’s extradition — all from a slush fund connected to the Az- eri political elite.” Operating under the watchful eyes of the corrupt Orban government in Hungary, the Hungarian law enforce- ment authorities adamantly refused to investigate the transfers.