Armed forces planned to be deployable in case of terrorist threat

Budapest, January 7 (MTI) – The defence minister will put forward a proposal next week on allowing the mobilisation and, if need be, the deployment of the armed forces in case of a terrorist threat, daily Magyar Idok said on Thursday.

Istvan Simicsko will present the proposal for discussion by the five parliamentary parties next Tuesday.

To effect the proposed changes, the country’s constitution has to be amended. The related motion requires a two-thirds support by deputies to clear parliament, including votes by opposition MPs.

The fundamental law currently mandates the mobilisation and deployment of the armed forces in the instances of a state of danger, unexpected attack, state of preventive defence, state of national crisis and state of emergency. Under the motion, terrorist threat would become another instance for such measures, said the paper.

The five-party consultation will also aim to clarify legal powers delegated to the government in case of declaring a state of terrorist threat, it said.

According to the paper, Simicsko will also outline structural reforms planned at the Hungarian armed forces.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters