Jobbik ready to resume talks on constitutional amendments

Budapest, January 23 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has said it is ready to continue talks on a constitutional amendment that would create the conditions to handle a terrorist threat, if the ruling Fidesz party “is truly ready to compromise for the security of Hungary”.

The government has proposed amending the constitution to include a “state of terrorist threat” among instances that mandate the domestic deployment of the armed forces.

Jobbik spokesman Adam Mirkoczki, who also sits on parliament’s national security committee, on Saturday said his party is committed to taking a tough stand against migration and all forms of terrorism, which he said “goes hand in hand” with the former. He said his party’s commitment was proven when it was the first to recommend building a fence on the southern border and when it was the only opposition party to support deploying the army to patrol the borders. Jobbik opposes the European Union’s planned refugee quota system for the same reason, he said.