Jobbik executive vice president Gyöngyösi: Slavery act is unconstitutional and was passed b breaking the parliament’s house rules

Hungary’s opposition parties held a joint press conference and condemned the pro-government majority for passing the slavery act in Parliament.

Calling the events taking place in the Parliament scandalous, Jobbik’s faction leader and executive vice president harshly criticized the way how the pro-government majority handled the voting process. He noted that Deputy Speaker János Latorcai conducted the session from his party’s row of seats (the Speaker’s platform was occupied by opposition MPs) and the voting machines functioned even without the MPs’ cards inserted in them.

Jobbik’s politician said the vote “was unprecedented in the history of Hungarian politics” which, in his view, is a clear indication that “Fidesz has no respect for any laws, even the ones they adopted themselves”.

Mr Gyöngyösi called Wednesday’s vote unconstitutional and said it was against the Parliament’s house rules, too. Jobbik’s faction leader emphasized that the government’s job was to finally side with Hungarian workers but it made strategic agreements at the expense of employees instead. In the meantime, there’s an unprecedented labour shortage in Hungary: hundreds of thousands of young people emigrate abroad. He stated his party was going to continue protesting against the authoritarian measures.

Socialist party president and faction leader Bertalan Tóth said that Wednesday’s vote was completely unlawful. As he put it, the government may either have made an astoundingly shady deal with the Western big business to pass this law or “maybe the government considers workers as the enemy.” He added: