CBC News Video: Overtime Law Sparks Protests In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2018 9:08 AM
Key members of the opposition Momentum Movement staged a humorous political protest on Wednesday morning to make a serious point, leaving hundreds of toilet-cleaning brushes outside the mansion of János Lázár, Hungary’s Minister of Construction and Transport.
"If Fidesz does not stop cheating, it may win the election, but if they win because of this, we will not recognise it, we will shut down the country peacefully but very decisively," independent lawmaker Ákos Hadházy said.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony announced on Thursday that he had convened an extraordinary assembly for Monday to reaffirm the "true financial situation" of the municipality. The decision will later be delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in Buda Castle during a demonstration, he told a press conference.
The fifth Pécs Pride parade was held under the slogan "We will not bow to fear!" in the southern Hungarian city on Saturday, the closing day of the Freedom of my Identity human rights festival.
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