| Author (Person) | Eddy, Kester |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 3.1.12 |
| Publication Date | 03/01/2012 |
| Content Type | News |
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Article reports that former Hungarian dissidents in January 2012 denounced the current government regime in Budapest, accusing Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister, of 'destroying the democratic rule of law'. In a statement entitled 'The decline of democracy – the rise of dictatorship', the dissidents, who opposed communist governments between 1956 and 1989, accused Mr Orban of 'removing checks and balances and pursuing a systematic policy of closing autonomous institutions'. In addition, EUObserver reported that tens of thousands of Hungarians went on the streets of Budapest on the 2 January 2012 in protest against the controversial constitutional changes enacted one day earlier. On the 3 January 2012 Hungary’s government made a robust defence of the new constitution. A government spokesman insisted that the new constitution was designed to replace a flawed basic law that, unlike in Hungary’s neighbours, had remained in place in modified form since the fall of communism in eastern Europe two decades ago. |
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| Countries / Regions | Hungary |
