Pursuant to the Basic Law and the Act on the Legal Status of Members of Parliament, anyone who is legally convicted by a court of committing a crime can no longer be a member of parliament, Magyar Nemzet pointed out in its report.
The newly established Parliament will also have two representatives who will be fathers-in-law as defendants.
The Hungarian laws do not in themselves punish if a Member of Parliament becomes a suspect and then an accused. In such cases, the Immunity Committee, and then the Parliament, only have to suspend that person's immunity on the recommendation of the Chief Prosecutor.
This also happened in the case of László Varju, a member of parliament who left the Socialists for the Gyurcsány party. Varju was already suspected and then accused as the vice president of the Democratic Coalition.
The Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office brought charges against him for a crime against the electoral order and other crimes. Varju was one of the left-wing MPs who broke into the Kunigunda streets headquarters of the public media in 2018 to broadcast live, but was prevented by security guards. Two of the crimes included in the indictment - serious assault and disorderly conduct - are related to this case. On one of the occasions during the December 2018 left-wing demonstrations at the MTVA headquarters
Varju dashed against the wall of the security service, later lay on the ground, then grabbed the leg of one of the guards and pulled him out. The guard fell and suffered an injury that took eight days to heal.
According to the indictment, László Varju committed the crime against the electoral system in 2018, as an individual candidate: he met an independent candidate in a cafe, who was promised money if he stepped back in his favor, but the man refused.
The other accused is a new parliamentarian, András Fekete-Győr. According to the indictment, his co-accused, Szarvas Koppány Bendegúz, as a simple momentary party member,
Fekete-Győr, as party president, attacked the police in 2018 at a demonstration in Kossuth Square. The prosecutor's office also proves with a video recording that they really acted aggressively against the uniformed people in a way that violates the law.
The prosecutor's office requests that András Fekete-Győr be given a suspended prison sentence due to gang violence against an official as an accomplice.
In the case of a final judgment of conviction, the immunity committee declares the convicted representative's conflict of interest, which is approved by the Parliament, after which the legal status of the representative concerned ceases.
Photo: MTI/JÁNOS MARJAI
