The opening session of the brand new parliament hasn’t even ended, and the primary two payments for the following four-year legislative interval had been already introduced. These are additionally the primary proposals of the brand new celebration that made it into the parliament, far-right Mi Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Homeland Motion). Vice-president Előd Novák has proposed scrapping the MPs’ immunity, along with finish the state-of-emergency initially imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ending coronavirus measures, rejection of obligatory vaccinations, and additional Covid-19 lockdowns considerably dominated Mi Hazánk’s marketing campaign earlier than the election, so a transfer to abolish the “almost perpetual state of emergency” was one thing that could possibly be anticipated.
Scrapping the “outdated privilege of politicians” was additionally an vital ingredient of the celebration program, and Előd Novák didn’t hesitated to suggest it on the very first day of the brand new parliament. The justification was that MPs’ immunity , i.e. their safety from prosecution, was untenable, particularly as a result of the general public had witnessed abuse of this immunity in lots of circumstances.
For this very motive, Novák mentioned, MPs ought to waive this proper with a view to restore public confidence of their workplace, and “the opportunity of abuse of immunity also needs to be restricted.”
Novák mentioned the federal government’s intention to take care of the particular authorized order in view of the “American-Russian battle in Ukraine” was “unacceptable”. He mentioned Mi Hazánk lawmakers wouldn’t assist amending the Structure to allow such a step, and the federal government ought to withdraw the decree permitting overseas navy items into the nation, he added.
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