Seven Constitutional Judges, Citing Involvement, Excluded Themselves From the Case so that the Constitutional Court Could Not Hear Sulyok's Petition.
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Péter Polt removed Tamás Sulyok's constitutional interpretation motion from the agenda after seven members of the panel excluded themselves from hearing the case.
However, Péter Polt and his colleagues have already prepared the proposal that would have supported the president's submission. This could lead to one of the biggest organizational conflicts in the history of the Constitutional Court.
The submission of Tamás Sulyok, with which the President of the Republic would essentially save his own position, caused serious tension within the Constitutional Court. The majority of the constitutional judges argued that the submission could not be discussed on its merits, and some said that the case could not even be put on the agenda. Constitutional Court President Péter Polt and two other constitutional judges disagreed with this. The enti…
Our newspaper wrote that this afternoon, the Constitutional Court removed the case submitted by the President of the Republic from the agenda of the Constitutional Court by Péter Polt, the president of the body. The President of the Republic wanted to strengthen his position with his request, but seven judges did not support this. According to Prime Minister Péter Magyar, the Constitutional Court has rebelled against the President of the Republi…
Prime Minister Péter Magyar said that President Tamás Sulyok, with his submission to the Constitutional Court, has created a situation that can be assessed as a public law crisis.
Tamás Sulyok resigned himself to the situation and acknowledged the decision of the constitutional judges - his motion for the interpretation of the Fundamental Law was not even put on the agenda, and an organizational crisis developed.
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