Video: BBC HARDTalk – EU Narrative On Rule Of Law ‘False’, Says Hungary’s Justice Minister
- 19 Nov 2020 11:48 AM
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Civil groups organised a demonstration in support of victims of child abuse and for “a healthy society” at Heroes’ Square in downtown Budapest on Friday evening.
The prime minister in his state of the nation address said that President Katalin Novák’s resignation was “a great loss for Hungary” and thanked both Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga for their work.
Direkt36 and Telex have learned from several independent sources that head of the Hungarian Reformed Church Zoltán Balog, who has long been a confidant of Hungarian president Katalin Novák, played a crucial role in the presidential pardon which led to Novák’s resignation.
The opposition Democratic Coalition will submit a public-interest data request and file a lawsuit asking for access to documents in connection with the clemency case of the former deputy head of the Bicske children’s home, Olga Kálmán, the spokesperson of the party’s parliamentary group, said, adding that people had a right to know “how the accomplice of the paedophile head of the children’s home” could have been pardoned.
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