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Opposition Socialists, DK criticise Sunday shop closures
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Budapest, March 21 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists on Saturday said they would again allow stores to remain open on Sundays if they return to government, while the Democratic Coalition said the restrictions on opening times are bad for employees, customers and shop owners.
A new law requires most big retailers to close on Sundays but exempts family-run shops under 200 square metres from the restriction.
Jozsef Tobias, the leader of the Socialist party and its parliamentary group, told a press conference that if the Socialists win power in 2018, they will scrap the law and reopen shops on Sunday.
The Sunday closure rule is neither an ideological nor an economic issue, what the government has done is that it has defined how the citizens of a free country must organise their daily life, he said.
The Socialists on Saturday held protests against the rule in some 100 localities, he added.
Laszlo Varju, the deputy leader of leftist DK, told a press conference that the government does not allow Hungarian people the freedom to do what they want.