The Biggest Question Is Not Hungary’s Next President but Its Next Constitution
Bea BakóPecBIRNJuly 24, 202608:00Hungary’s PM fired the president, fulfilling a campaign pledge to remove ‘Fidesz puppets’ from public office. A shambolic attempt to nominate a successor grabbed the headlines, but the focus should be on the government’s drafting of an entirely new constitution. “The rule of law means, above all, respect for the law – that is, the supremacy of law over arbitrary power, the supremacy of norms over individual decisions of public authority.
- ▪Bea BakóPecBIRNJuly 24, 202608:00Hungary’s PM fired the president, fulfilling a campaign pledge to remove ‘Fidesz puppets’ from public office.
- ▪A shambolic attempt to nominate a successor grabbed the headlines, but the focus should be on the government’s drafting of an entirely new constitution.
- ▪“The rule of law means, above all, respect for the law – that is, the supremacy of law over arbitrary power, the supremacy of norms over individual decisions of public authority.
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Bea BakóPecBIRNJuly 24, 202608:00Hungary’s PM fired the president, fulfilling a campaign pledge to remove ‘Fidesz puppets’ from public office. A shambolic attempt to nominate a successor grabbed the headlines, but the focus should be on the government’s drafting of an entirely new constitution. “The rule of law means, above all, respect for the law – that is, the supremacy of law over arbitrary power, the supremacy of norms over individual decisions of public authority. If power politics overrides the constraints of law, it will have unforeseeable consequences for our country.” It was amusing to hear these words come out of Tamas Sulyok’s mouth on July 18, when the deadline for the president to sign and promulgate the constitutional amendment that removed him from office expired.
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