Speaker of Parliament László Kövér has fined Democratic Coalition head Ferenc Gyurcsány over 14 million forints (EUR 34,900), the party said on Saturday.
Last week, Gyurcsány told parliament that “Hungary today has a traitor government and prime minister”. After Kövér reprimanded him, Gyurcsány said “the House Speaker is behaving like the worst [Communist] party secretary”, and the Speaker withdrew his right to speak further, the party said.
László Kövér. Photo: MTI
Gyurcsány also said that Kövér had been abusing his power by restricting lawmakers’ freedom of speech.
Gyurcsány said he had expressed his opinion “very calmly”. “According to Kövér, that costs 14 million.”
DK is planning to go “as far as Strasbourg”, Gyurcsány added.
PM Orbán speaking in the Hungarian National Assembly. Photo: MTI
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The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Whatever, in these GROWING rightful times of PRESSURIZATION – on the “Heinous” led Hungarian Fidesz Government, led by the “current” Prime Minister – Victor Mihaly. Orban – we must FIGHT him with TRUTH, and NOTHING but the TRUTH.
“The Truth is like a Lion,
you don’t HAVE to Defend it.
Let it LOOSE, it will DEFEND it-self.”
The DOWNFALL of the “Heinous” led Fidesz Government of Hungary led by a Prime Minister who has BETRAYED us as a country, sold us out, sending us as a country into a nadir, a blackening deeper hole, his eradication, his distillation of DEMOCRACY – Victor Mihaly. Orban – we MUST in VICTORY bring it on by TRUTH.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
A traitor has no right to call a pro Hungarian P.M. a traitor. Lying does not pay.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
@mariavontheresa … Our Politicians call all kinds of people, politicians and institutions names, recount stories with varying degrees of truth … With what “right”? And should it be silenced, either by fines and penalties, prohibition of speech or “locking them up”?
Very interested in how you believe a democracy or parliament should actually work. Or what is the role of a Prime Minister. Please do tell!
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
Parliaments have rules and even if the Fat Man and his accomplices are all traitors it is a violation of the rules of the parliaments I know to call anyone a traitor and anything else that is a violation of honour. Having said that this kind of fine is outrageous. When someone violates the rules of parliament the offender is told to withdraw their comment with an apology or the Sergeant At Arms is instructed to remove the offender from the chamber. Offensive language on occasion is historically part of what takes place in parliaments when an MP wants to make a very strong point and it is a part of politics. What I find completely egregious about the flaming nut-bar Kover is that he completely violates the role of speaker which is to be a neutral mediator an instead constantly acts as a government cheerleader and oppressor of the opposition and hence this fine. That is definitely not democracy and probably a large number of Hungarians with their limited experience with democracy don’t understand that.
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The Real Person!
Larry, you are probably just as obese and may be uglier as the P.M. I always wonder about people that use bodily insult instead of making a reasonable argument.