Parliament to Elect New Constitutional Judges on Tuesday
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The National Assembly will be in session on Monday and Tuesday. Members will vote on several pieces of legislation, and on Tuesday they will also decide on new members of the Constitutional Court.
The Tisza faction will announce its candidates on Friday. They will elect the successor to Péter Polt and three other constitutional judges.
"Unjustly, it cannot give rise to the right, and from an illegal procedure it cannot result in the legitimate choice of a constitutional judge," the parliamentary group of FIDESZ transmitted. "The Tisza party violated Hungary's constitutional order. They forcibly and contrary to the Basic Law, they deprived President Tamás Sulyok of his mandate as head of state, and the judges [...]
The Fidesz faction will not participate in the election of the new constitutional judges, it informed MTI in a statement. According to the party, the appointment of the constitutional judges is illegal and represents another mockery of Hungarian constitutionality.
Parliament will meet again on Monday and Tuesday, and Prime Minister Péter Magyar will address the agenda both days. In addition, a final vote on several proposals and the election of new constitutional judges will take place in the Honorable House.
The Judiciary Committee will hear the Constitutional Court candidates on Monday. The post Parliament will elect new members of the Constitutional Court next week, they will also vote on the agent file law first appeared on 24.hu.
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