Magyar's Tisza party won Hungary’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, securing 137 of 199 seats and ending Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year rule.
Magyar is set to replace Orban as prime minister.
Asked by reporters in Warsaw why he had not congratulated Magyar, Kaczyński said the outcome of the Hungarian vote reflected what he called a growing indifference among European societies to "even the most drastic facts."
"This is a man to whom I will under no circumstances offer congratulations. Such people should not be in public life in Poland, Europe or the world," Kaczyński said.
He referred to what Polish state broadcaster TVP Info said were false claims targeting Magyar, including allegations that he "beat his ex-wife" and "placed a dog in a microwave."
According to public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency, the allegations were originally spread by a disinformation website registered a week before Hungary's parliamentary elections, featuring an AI-generated image of a dog in a microwave in a bid to discredit Magyar.
Kaczyński, who leads Poland’s right-wing opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, was also asked about two Polish politicians--former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his former deputy Marcin Romanowski--who were granted asylum in Hungary under Orban’s government.
He said he hoped the two politicians, who face multiple accusations at home, would not return to Poland, arguing they could not expect a fair trial, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
'Repulsive dictatorship'
"Only someone who is completely blind or blinded can believe that there are no serious violations of the rule of law in Poland today,” Kaczyński said, claiming that the country was undergoing what he described as "the construction of a particularly repulsive dictatorship."
Magyar said on Monday that Hungary would not serve as a haven for individuals sought by international authorities and indicated that Ziobro and Romanowski would be extradited to Poland.
During the campaign, he had pledged their extradition.
Both are suspects in an investigation into alleged irregularities in Poland’s Justice Fund, a state fund overseen by the justice ministry.
A European arrest warrant has been issued for Romanowski, while a request for one for Ziobro is pending in court.
Kaczyński said Orban’s defeat would not significantly weaken the political right, although he acknowledged that conservatives would have preferred a different outcome.
He also defended Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s support for Orban, saying Hungary had been "a valuable ally for Poland," particularly within the European Union.
Kaczyński in October vowed to mount a political comeback and win the next parliamentary elections in 2027, accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist government of wasting the country’s development opportunities.
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Source: TVP Info, IAR, polskieradio24.pl, PAP