Hungarian Politics

[Valmy]

Well I guess if I ever despair at the idiocy of Texas schools I can always be happy my kids don't have: "Why killing the Jews was good: Essays by Hungarian literary heroes" as a required textbook.

[The Brain]

Well I guess if I ever despair at the idiocy of Texas schools I can always be happy my kids don't have: "Why killing the Jews was good: Essays by Hungarian literary heroes" as a required textbook.

Always is a long word.

[Syt]

Tamas, papers here report that Orban is presenting a law to parliament that would allow him to extend the state of emergency indefinitely, and basically permit him to rule per decree?

Any truth to that?

[Solmyr]

Netanyahu is doing the same thing in Israel.

[Tamas]

Tamas, papers here report that Orban is presenting a law to parliament that would allow him to extend the state of emergency indefinitely, and basically permit him to rule per decree?

Any truth to that?

Yes it is true. It grants such sweeping powers that even the Fidesz-written cinstituon requires a 4/5th majority of Parliament to accept it. But also, if there is no such support than a second vote a week later will only require a 2/3rd majority which they do have.

The opposition declared they will only agree to this with a clear deadline in place. They have been then labelled as traitors and the government declared they are just going to get it on the second vote.

There are some proper scary parts in the bill like 5 years prison for scaremongering which includes among other things "presenting a fact in a way that induces panic in the general population"


I guess Orbán doesn't want a good pandemic go to waste.

[Sheilbh]

Netanyahu is doing the same thing in Israel.

Despite the fact that, from what I understand, he's squatting in office.

[Tamas]

Netanyahu is doing the same thing in Israel.

Despite the fact that, from what I understand, he's squatting in office.

Well he won't be ousted after gaining emergency powers, duh.

[The Brain]

Netanyahu is doing the same thing in Israel.

Despite the fact that, from what I understand, he's squatting in office.

[Sheilbh]

Netanyahu is doing the same thing in Israel.

Despite the fact that, from what I understand, he's squatting in office.

Well he won't be ousted after gaining emergency powers, duh.

Yeah I'm concerned at the leaders who seem to be sort of enjoying the ability to close borders and take loads of authoritarian powers.

[Tamas]

Fun fact: Hitler also submitted the bill giving him extraordinary powers on the 23rd of March

[celedhring]

Yeah, can't think of a better moment for authoritarian asshatery like this one. Heck, even protesting on the streets is a bad idea because of the virus.

[Syt]

So it looks like Orban's Ermächtigungsgesetz just passed.

[Valmy]

It is pretty clear that all the good sense went to the Austrian half of the Empire.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Orban gets to decide when the crisis is over....no time limit for the exceptional powers 

[Razgovory]

Why the fuck would anyone agree to that?  Why would a legislative body effectively vote itself out of existence, or at least relevance?