Dialogue for Hungary presses for court review of farmland privatisation

Budapest, October 3 (MTI) – The Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party will ask the fundamental rights ombudsman to initiate a review by the constitutional court of the government’s planned privatisation of state-owned farmland, a board member said on Saturday.

The sale of the land goes against the constitution, Rebeka Szabo told MTI. The constitution clearly stipulates that it is the state’s duty to protect, as well as preserve, arable land for the future generations, she explained, adding that selling the land would destroy it.

She said that the party would join a demonstration on Monday organised by opposition parties against the privatisation.

Green LMP said on Friday that it would organise a demonstration across Hungary on Monday. Lawmaker Benedek R Sallai said that the Socialists, Jobbik, Egyutt, the Democratic Coalition and the green Human Chain for Hungary would all join in.

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