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'Emergency Powers' Extended to 180 from 30 Days for Gov't in Hungary

• 25 Oct 2022 5:30 AM
• Hungary Matters

Lawmakers on Monday voted to allow the government to request emergency powers in relation to defence and security to be extended from the current 30 days to a maximum of 180 days from Nov. 1.

The vote which also authorises such emergency powers to be granted multiple times was carried with 142 in favour, 31 against and 6 abstentions.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on May 24 declared emergency powers in Hungary in response to the Russia-Ukraine war.

MTI Photo: Tibor Illyés

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