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Opposition turns to top court on election law amendment
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The opposition Párbeszéd party has gathered enough signatures from MPs allowing it to turn to the Constitutional Court with the request that it review the Fidesz party’s amendment to the election law with regard to procedures and the local councils the ruling party submitted a few weeks ago, Párbeszéd’s group leader said on Sunday.
Tímea Szabó told an online press briefing that whereas various aspects of electronic administration were altered under the amendments, others fundamentally changed how local council elections are held.
One such is that local council by-elections cannot take place until scheduled municipal elections are held, she said.
Also, in settlements of more than 10,000 inhabitants, parties can only establish a list if their candidates are nominated in at least two-thirds of the individual districts, she added.
Szabó said these amendments were unconstitutional in various ways.
Already, she added, elections cannot be held due to “Fidesz restrictions” in 10 settlements and the rights of voters were being harmed.
Fidesz decrees that a “public hearing” can be held without an audience. If a tree falls in the forest with no ears to hear does it make a sound? Hungary is veering into Kafkaesque absurdity under the Orban Fidesz government. Hungarians just admit to yourselves that democracy no longer exists in Hungary and accept if that is what you desire that you live under a form of dictatorship that has been adopted from the Russian model. Maybe start learning Russian.