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HUNGARY'S RULING PARTY SET TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION
March 11, 2013 - 16:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Hungary's ruling party is set to push through changes
to the constitution on Monday that critics say will curb democratic
rights, despite warnings from European leaders and a protest by
thousands of people in Budapest at the weekend, Reuters reported.
The changes are seen by critics as the latest in a series of moves by
center-right Fidesz party to cement its position in public institutions
via its large parliamentary majority.
They scrap all decisions by the country's top Constitutional Court
made before the new constitution entered into force in 2012, discarding
a body of law often used as reference.
They also create room for restrictive new regulations in higher
education, homelessness, electoral law and family law - the main
focus of Saturday's protest in the capital.
European leaders have warned they may run counter to European Union
rules and civil groups planned a further protest on Monday evening
to urge President Janos Ader to veto them.
March 11, 2013 - 16:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Hungary's ruling party is set to push through changes
to the constitution on Monday that critics say will curb democratic
rights, despite warnings from European leaders and a protest by
thousands of people in Budapest at the weekend, Reuters reported.
The changes are seen by critics as the latest in a series of moves by
center-right Fidesz party to cement its position in public institutions
via its large parliamentary majority.
They scrap all decisions by the country's top Constitutional Court
made before the new constitution entered into force in 2012, discarding
a body of law often used as reference.
They also create room for restrictive new regulations in higher
education, homelessness, electoral law and family law - the main
focus of Saturday's protest in the capital.
European leaders have warned they may run counter to European Union
rules and civil groups planned a further protest on Monday evening
to urge President Janos Ader to veto them.