President András Baka Has Returned the Law on the Enrichment of Politicians to Parliament
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On Friday, President András Baka sent back to the National Assembly for consideration the law adopted on November 3, examining the accumulation of wealth of politicians and their relatives. Although the head of state agrees with the basic goals of the law, he expressed serious data protection concerns and objected that the regulation assumes bad faith from the outset on the part of those concerned.
The President of the Republic asked the Parliament to consider his comments and to re-adopt the law taking these comments into account.
The President of the Republic did not sign the law containing the rules for investigating politicians' wealth accumulation.
The President of the Republic agrees with the main objectives of the law, but believes that it must be guaranteed that politicians are not assumed to be in bad faith from the outset, and that transparency does not stigmatize them.
BUDAPEST (AP) — Hungarian President András Baka returned to parliament on Friday for a rehearing of a law on the assets of politicians. This was reported by the office of the head of state on the social network Facebook.
President András Baka has sent the Act on Certain Measures for the Protection of Public Property and the Restoration of Public Trust back to the Parliament for consideration, as he finds the legislation objectionable on several points. According to him, the Act presumes bad faith on the part of politicians and does not give them the opportunity to make subsequent improvements. The special attention of the authorities may continue for years to co…
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