On 26th May, the Hungarian voters will elect 21 members of the European Parliament. In October, voters will vote on members of local government.
In this elections, voters might vote on five different positions:
every voter
will vote on mayors;
and local government representatives ;
certain voters will elect county assembly members;
those voters who registered as minority voters can also elect the representatives of minority self-government;
voters in Budapest will elect mayors not only in their own districts but also the Mayor of the Capital.
Justice László Ravasz was sentenced by the Service Court of Second Instance attached to the Curia on 29 March 2012 on the ground of committing a disciplinary offence. The court initiated his dismissal and the President of the Republic dismissed him on 6 June. The judge committed the offence with the public expression of his views on the administration of the judiciary. It is the HCLU’s opinion that the sentence of the service court means an unacceptable constraint on the freedom of expression. Hence, the HCLU stands for the dismissed judge and represents him before the European Court of Human Rights in seeking remedies.
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) received an invitation to take part in the work of the Parliamentary Committee on the New Constitution. The HCLU duly declined the invitation.