Jobbik’s Varga-Damm defies party leaders and refuses to return her mandate

Jobbik MP Andrea Varga-Damm has refused a call by her party leadership to return her parliamentary mandate.

Varga-Damm said on social media on Thursday that she had the support of many party members.

Yesterday Jobbik’s leadership gave her 24 hours to resign or face expulsion for voting with the government on a bill which they said would enhance “state surveillance”.

Varga-Damm is the vice-chairwoman of parliament’s Law Enforcement Committee.

Conservative opposition Jobbik leaders said the party would never have supported the proposal.

UPDATE

Press release: 

WE ADMIT IT: WE MADE A MISTAKE! – Jobbik

We are fully aware how unprecedented it is in Hungarian history for politicians to admit they made a mistake. The admission of human error is especially unlikely today when we live under a regime controlled by a self-proclaimed infallible leader. Regardless of all that, we admit we made a mistake because we are not infallible. We are human.