Over the past few weeks, the issue of party financing has finally moved into the spotlight of public attention.
Over the past few weeks, the issue of party financing has finally moved into the spotlight of public attention, although the phenomenon itself that has given currency to the topic is certainly less welcome.
By any serious reckoning, each political party that has won seats in Parliament spent on their campaigns multiples of 386 million forints, the maximum amount allowed by law. In a constitutional democracy, nobody should get away with violating laws–let alone those who pass them.
The paper is available in Hungarian.
László Majtényi’s essay in Élet és Irodalom on 2 Februar 2018.
Its real purpose is to silence members of civil society who are critical of the Government.
Only availabe in Hungarian.
