Deputy party leader Zoltán Gőgös said before the closed meeting of the committee that if the fines are not void, the party will submit a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Kövér has ruled to cut nine lawmakers’ salaries by 50,000 to 100,000 forints because they were holding signs that read “Veto” and “Don’t Sign It János” during a session. Kövér branded their action as “lèsemajesté” while the Socialists insist that the lawmakers only represented the voice of the people and their rights must not be curbed in democracy, Gőgös said.

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