The government has submitted to lawmakers a draft bill on protecting national sovereignty and an amendment to the Fundamental Law which opens up the possibility of establishing a Sovereignty Protection Office.
A draft cardinal law on setting up the independent body to protect constitutional identity was published by the justice ministry on its website and the bill submitted late on Tuesday.
The bill states that Hungarian sovereignty “is increasingly under illegal attack”, and that the 2022 general election campaign of the opposition was influenced by foreign financing. Hungarian regulations already prohibit parties from accepting foreign money, it states, but the opposition bypassed them by channelling the funds through its political organisations and business associations.
So the sovereignty protection office will be tasked with investigating organisations whose activities funded from abroad may influence the outcome of the elections, according to the bill.
The head of the office would be appointed by the President of the Republic at the proposal of the prime minister for a six-year term, starting on February 1, 2024.
Further, the Penal Code would be amended: a candidate that made use of foreign money or gained a financial advantage by concealing the origin of the prohibited foreign funding would be criminally liable and face up to three years in prison.
The 12th constitutional amendment also includes the provision of a unique, permanent identifier for the digital management of affairs, while it also states that a trade union may not form or operate in connection with members of the Hungarian Armed Forces.
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Sovereignty guarantees the survival of a people and the country. A sovereign country can and will solve problems and will guarantee the safety and wellbeing of citizens.
David Vig (Director Amnesty International Hungary): “This legislation is the latest attempt by the Hungarian government to silence critical voices and deter people and organisations from standing up for human rights.” The overly-broad and vague wording of the bill will make it possible for it be used against anyone the Government wants to, while providing no remedy for organisations and individuals targeted under its terms.“Like other recently-adopted laws aimed at independent NGOs and media outlets, this proposed legislation breaches Hungary’s domestic and international obligations. “In the face of this latest attempt at intimidation, everyone must come together to call for this bill to be dropped.”
Hungary is now “crossing the Rubicon” to become a truly dictatorial state by putting into place the means to persecute any dissent by means of three year prison sentences as provided for in the legislation. It’s coming. Hungarians are going to be imprisoned for opposing the Fidesz government. Hungary is using Russian methods of control and everyone should be hitting the panic button but people have been brainwashed by Fidesz propaganda for far too long to understand it. By the time they do it will be too late. It already is too late.
David Vig, human right of Hungarians is paramount in Hungary. All countries are responsible for the welfare of their citizens. Hungarian government guaranteed Hungarian human rights.
Amnesty International should try to reform governments that refuse to guarantee the human rights of citizens and not put the burden on the hardworking taxpayers of the EU to support the uneducated and unwanted of the world. All NGOs, especially those supported by foreign money should be banned. NGOs are not elected bodies and do not have the right to represent the people or contravene laws that were enacted by a majority supported government.
Illegal migrants must be kept out of Hungary.