OLIVIER HOSLET, PHOTO OF THE POOL THROUGH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived at an EU summit in Brussels on October 22. Hungary has declared a legal “state of danger” in reaction to Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine, the prime minister announced today, allowing the nationalist government to take special measures involving the legislative branch.
BUDAPEST, Hungary >> Hungary has declared a legal “state of danger” in reaction to Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine, the prime minister announced today, allowing the right-wing nationalist government to take special measures with the participation of the legislature.
In a video on social media, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the war in Ukraine poses “a constant threat to Hungary” that “puts our physical security and threatens the power and monetary security of our economy and our families. “
In response, he said, a “state of danger of war” would take effect from Wednesday, allowing the government to “react without delay and Hungary and Hungarian families by all possible means. “
The move came after Orban’s ruling party approved a constitutional amendment allowing for the declaration of legal states of danger when armed conflicts, wars or humanitarian disasters occur in neighboring countries.
The legal system special to the government to issue laws by decree without parliamentary control, and for the suspensive and derogatory transitory nature of the laws in force.
The Hungarian government has implemented similar measures in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic following protests by critics and legal observers, who argued that they had given the government the strength to rule through a decree. This special legal order expires on June 1.
Orban’s government has been accused of eroding democratic freedoms in Hungary since it came into force in 2010 and state resources to consolidate its strength. The ruling Fidesz party won a fourth consecutive election victory on April 3, giving Orban, the longest-serving leader in the European Union, another four-year term.
Today, Emese Pasztor of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union wrote that the Hungarian government is “once again adapting the rules of the game to its own needs. “
“By leaving the option to introduce a special legal order in the future, it will lose its special character. This will become the new normal, threatening our basic rights for all, and governing through decrees will further diminish the importance of Parliament,” Pasztor wrote.
Government decrees issued through the Special Legal Order are valid for 15 days, unless extended by the Hungarian Parliament. Orban’s Fidesz has had a two-thirds majority in parliament since 2010.
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