Opposition Fidesz group leader Gergely Gulyás’s “worried remarks” concerning the government’s draft amendment to the constitution sound “ridiculous”, the prime minister said in a Facebook post.
Péter Magyar suggested that the previous government itself had made “fun” of the constitutional process. “Gulyás and his party think that the 17th amendment to the constitution will mark the end of constitutional democracy and the advent of autocracy,” Magyar said, adding he was wondering “what exactly causes a constitutional crisis in Gulyás’s view?”
“Is it the reinforcing of judges’ independence? Or restoring the powers of the Constitutional Court that Fidesz removed? Restoring the mandatory retirement age of 70 for constitutional judges, which used to be in effect for decades? The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office to be set up to fight Orbán’s economic mafia? Removing an Orbán puppet who had an active role in dismantling the rule of law and building a party state? Or the creation of a new constitution in cooperation with the whole nation?” the prime minister asked.
Magyar also suggested that “the situation cannot be that critical if the Fidesz group is not convened before Monday.”
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