Smoke bombs in the Hungarian Parliament: record-high fines, 6 lawmakers banned from entering the building

Six opposition lawmakers who attempted to disrupt a vote in parliament this week on banning the annual Pride march have been fined a total 82 million forints (EUR 205,500) and handed multi-day bans from house sessions, parliament’s press office said on Friday.

Speaker of Parliament László Kövér has banned Dávid Bedő and Lajos Lőcsei of Momentum and independent lawmaker from 12 sessions and fined them each six months’ salary. Ferenc Gelencsér, Éva Sebők and Endre Tóth of Momentum have been handed a six-day ban and fined four months’ salary. Check out the sums in THIS post of Momentum.

Parliament on Tuesday passed an amendment to the law on assembly connected to the protection of children. Lawmakers of opposition Momentum disrupted the vote from the back benches by lighting smoke flares, making noise and throwing down flyers in the chamber from the first floor.

In his justification for his decision, the house speaker said the actions of the lawmakers in question could be deemed offensive and undermined parliament’s prestige.

Here is a video about what happened before, during and after the vote about banning the Pride:

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