CBC News Video: Overtime Law Sparks Protests In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2018 9:08 AM
Everyone must act for change, Péter Magyar said at a demonstration he called in Budapest on Saturday. “We are the nuclear bomb, the Hungarian people,” Magyar said, adding that the solution could not just be expected from him.
At a demonstration in central Budapest on Tuesday evening, Péter Magyar demanded the resignation of Chief Prosecutor Péter Polt and the government, and called for a truly independent investigation of a case referred to in a recording he secretly made in his home of a conversation with his ex-wife, the former justice minister.
A pro-government analyst sees the juridical erudition of the President elected by the parliamentary majority on Monday as a guarantee against mistaken decisions.
Opposition parties held a demonstration for the direct election of the head of state in downtown Budapest on Sunday.
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