(ANSA) - BUDAPEST, JUL 20 - In Hungary, about 300 people - including investigative journalists, publishers, opposition mayors, and well-known lawyers - may have been in the crosshairs of the alleged state espionage conducted through the Pegasus software: the national media reported.

Yesterday, the Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto, denied media revelations about Hungary's use of that phone-hacking software, but the oppositions continue to attack the government.

"This scandal is a shame for our country," said Gergely Karacsony, green Budapest mayor and one of Prime Minister Victor Orban's opponents in the upcoming elections.

According to the chairman of Parliament's national security commission, Janos Stummer (Jobbik), the country may be facing the "Hungarian Watergate." Stummer wanted to convene the parliamentary commission to question the government and the intelligence officers on the matter, but the majority party (Fidesz) prevented this decision by claiming that it is "only fake media information." "This refusal sounds like a confession," replied Stummer, who still intends to file a complaint. Meanwhile, the Federation of Hungarian Journalists (MUOSZ) expressed "dismay" and, in a statement, asked for transparent information from the government. In Hungary, a law allows intelligence services to phone-hack and monitor anyone without the control of the judiciary. (ANSA).