Socialist Leader: Only Left Capable Of Restoring Democratic Rule Of Law In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
Although European Union institutions can sometimes block some of the government’s measures, only Hungary’s Left is capable of restoring the democratic rule of law, Socialist leader József Tóbiás said. “Replacing the regime of [Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán is our job and responsibility,” Tóbiás said at a conference organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Táncsics Foundation. Over the past five years, Hungary has seen the deepening of a democracy crisis, he said.
The Left has to be more than a democratic opposition to ruling Fidesz, he said, adding that it must also help eliminate the country’s democratic deficit.
He said Hungary could not afford to simply return to the constitutional framework of the early 1990s but instead needs to find more radical but lawful ways to overcome the country’s problems.
He said the Left needs to accept the fact that the politically active portion of society tends to reject political parties, adding that there is also a high level of support for a “turnaround in society” among these groups.
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