The Constitutional Court In Hungary Suspends New Surveillance Law
- 17 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended several provisions of a recently passed law allowing surveillance of state officials as an unjustified violation of their right to privacy. The bill submitted by Fidesz MPs Máté Kocsis and Zsolt Csampa would have made it possible to keep senior public servants under surveillance and apply secret service methods to them – such as reading their mail and bugging their telephones and homes – for 30 days twice a year.
Officials would no longer require court approval to order such surveillance. Those who hold such positions would be required by the bill to agree to such intrusions or else resign. Heads of state-owned companies would be subject to the surveillance, along with ambassadors, military leaders and senior state officials.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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