Then why did Orban destroy the checks and balances in Hungary; the independent press and judiciary?
Cato article points out that "The system that Orbán and his government has built is the very opposite of the American tradition of limited government, rule of law, and free markets." He said that the liberal principle he objected to is “the idea that we have the right to do anything that does not infringe on the freedom of the other party,” an accurate description of the very kernel of a classical liberal or libertarian philosophy. He rejected it and argued that limited government only means freedom for the stronger party (for example, banks) to trample on the weak.
If he destroyed all the checks and balances then there wouldn’t be an election.