Oppsition DK launches signature drive against electoral districts beyond border
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on Tuesday said it is launching an online signature drive against the establishment of electoral districts beyond Hungary’s border.
Citing press reports, Gergely Arató, the party’s deputy parliamentary group leader, told a press conference that ruling Fidesz was preparing to create individual electoral districts beyond the border. He said this would mean that Hungarian citizens without a permanent address in Hungary would elect 8-10 MPs in general elections, compared with the 1-2 they currently elect by voting for party lists.
Arató said this was a “brutal distortion” of Hungary’s election system, arguing that it could be those who “don’t bear the consequences of their actions” that end up preventing a change of government. He said the government’s performance could only be judged by those “who live, shop and receive health care here”.
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The Real Person!
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Yet more petty politicking by those who just can’t win elections because their policies, even when they lie about them!, simply repel the voters.
*rolls eyes*
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It’s quite ridiculous that people who have never set foot in Hungary in their entire lives can vote in Hungarian elections to control what government takes power and what policies are put in place for the people who actually live in Hungary. This system completely invalidates the basics of what it means to be a citizen. Those people who live outside Hungary have never contributed anything whatsoever to Hungary, have no direct interest in the functioning of life inside Hungary, and have potentially conflicting interests linked to the country that they actually live in.