The law would give Orbán a free rein to govern directly by decree without constraint of existing law. He could “suspend the enforcement of certain laws, depart from statutory regulations and implement additional extraordinary measures by degree.” (Sec 2.) The law is no more specific than this, implying that any law could be suspended or overridden as long as the emergency continues.
In short, it doesn’t matter what any law in Hungary says today. This week, if this pending bill becomes law, any existing Hungarian law could be overridden at Orbán’s whim.
It gets worse. For the duration of the emergency no elections may be held. Not byelections if a member of parliament succumbs to the virus. Not local elections even if a local government is dissolved. Not regular elections if the emergency lasts that long. No elections at all. And no referenda either. Democracy is in suspension for the duration.
And the emergency has no end date. The constitution specifies that the emergency must end when the crisis ends, but the determination of that moment is left to the prime minister.
... may suspend the enforcement of certain laws, depart from statutory regulations and implement additional extraordinary measures by decree.
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