Hungary’s Justice Minister Hopes Top Court’s Right To Budget Issues Will Be Restored
- 12 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
Justice Minister László Trócsányi said he would look into possibility of changing the law to restore the Constitutional Court’s power to rule on budget and tax related issues. In an interview with weekly Heti Válasz, he expressed the hope that the regulation stripping the top court of this power would be “withdrawn sooner or later”.
When the decision was originally introduced, Hungary’s recovery from the economic crisis was at stake, he added.
The minister said he would look into the possibility of amending the law as “it is unfortunate if those initiating changes in the budget seek legal remedy abroad rather than in Hungary.”
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in May 2013 that the government would abide by its earlier pledge to restore the top court’s power to rule on budget and tax-related issues once the public debt falls below 50%.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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