Hungarian State Secretary: the work of the authorities on terrorism is criticised

According to the Ministry of Justice’s Parliamentary State Secretary, one of the lessons of the Ahmed H. case is that even with relation to terrorism and illegal border crossing there are organisations that criticise the work of the Hungarian authorities and courts.

At his press conference on Monday in Budapest Pál Völner declared with relation to the fact that the Szeged General Court has continued hearing the case against defendant Ahmed H, who is accused of committing an act of terrorism with relation to the riots at the Röszke border crossing station in 2015: “The Government will continue to protect the borders and will not allow police officers to have force used against them and items thrown at them”. “The Government will also not allow such activities to be supported in representation of various organisations in a manner that endangers law and order in Hungary”, he added.

The organisations in question, which are NGO linked to George Soros, have previously also organised protests and demonstrations.

Mr. Völner also mentioned the fact that former socialist party Justice Minister Péter Bárándi had undertaken to defend the accused, and that according to the legal attorney the authorities and the court of first instance did not conduct proceedings with due diligence. “We don’t believe this can be stated until the final ruling has been issued”, he said.

The State Secretary pointed out that Péter Bárándy is a “steadfast” member of the V18 group and the former Minister “primarily regards replacing the government as his main task”, and that this fact cannot be ignored. “It is unfortunate to mix up the legal representation of defendants with attacks against the Government”, he added.