Fidesz rejects Tisza constitutional proposals
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According to constitutional lawyer Péter Stánicz, the Tisza Party's proposal to amend the Fundamental Law does not mention retroactive legislation, but this is an issue that the Constitutional Court should examine. Their role was eliminated by Fidesz years ago, while the opposition is now calling the proposal lex Orbán.
On May 20, the Hungarian parliament's website published the text of a first constitutional amendment by the new majority of the Tisza party. It should not be the last. Hungary's new head of government Péter Magyar had announced that there would be some "fast" modifications of the existing constitution, and then a lengthy, multi-annual process to write a completely new constitution. There would then be a referendum. Magyar's first step: A "Lex Or…
The European Parliament's parliamentary group, which also includes Fidesz members, condemned the Tisza proposal, based on which Viktor Orbán could no longer be prime minister, out of concern for the rule of law and democracy.
Hungary’s new government moves to bar Orbán from returning to power through constitutional amendment
Hungary’s new Tisza Party government has submitted a constitutional amendment that would impose an eight-year limit on any prime minister’s tenure — a measure that, applied retroactively as promised, would permanently disqualify former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from ever returning to office. Tisza lawmakers submitted the amendment Wednesday. Prime Minister Péter Magyar had repeatedly promised […] Read more by IFN English on IFN.
The Tisza Party did not wait long to propose amending the Fundamental Law: in addition to maximizing the number of prime ministerial mandates, it would also take back the founding rights of the KEKVAs, which would bring significant changes to the operational structure of individual universities.
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