Though the May congress was confidential, Gyurcsány's address was leaked and broadcast by Magyar Rádió on Sunday, 17 September 2006,[1] igniting a nationwide political crisis.

Liberally using vulgar language, Gyurcsány criticized MSZP for misleading the electorate and said that its coalition government had enacted no significant measures over its tenure.

The mass protests the speech's release precipitated are considered a major turning point in Hungary's post-communist political history.

[2] While giving the speech, he used – among others – the Hungarian word szar (i.e., shit) or its related terms (szarból, beszarni, etc.)

[citation needed] Viktor Orbán, then-chairman of Fidesz, called Ferenc Gyurcsány "a compulsive liar" ("Hungarian: beteges hazudozó") whom his party considers as "a person who is a part of history and the past" ("Hungarian: a történelemhez és a múlthoz tartozó személy").