“Constitutional lockdown” – quoted by Radio Free Europe

I was quoted by Radio Free Europe about the recent Hungarian legislation, making the already puzzled legal situation related to the COVID-crisis even worse. The article is about the new emergency legislation planned in Hungary, related to the coronavirus pandemic.

I uphold my earlier opinion about the introduction of the state of emergency being against the Hungarian consitution, and this new piece of legislation is unneccessary and potentially capable of causing a constitutional lockdown. Of course, it can be avoided if we keep on amending constitutional provisions on the fly as we go, but this has nothing to do with legal certainty…