It would violate the constitution if a public area were named after a former military official, claims the junior. Constitutional lawyer Zoltán Lomnici regarding Wednesday's decision of the Metropolitan Assembly, according to which a XIII. district promenade near Gyermek tér.
In an article published in the Saturday issue of Magyar Nemzet, Jr. Zoltán Lomnici pointed out: according to the current legislation, it is not possible to name a public area after a person who was born in the 20th century. participated in the foundation, construction or maintenance of autocratic political systems in the 19th century.
The basic law of Hungary stipulates that the criminality of serious crimes committed in the name of, in the interest of, or with the consent of the party-state against Hungary or against persons in the communist dictatorship, which were not prosecuted for political reasons by disregarding the criminal law in force at the time of the commission, cannot be considered time-barred, he explained.
Karhatalmisták 1957/ Source: www.vatera.hu
He added: Gyula Horn was able to avoid prosecution for various reasons, but this does not mean that his role in retaliating for the events of 1956 can be erased from Hungarian history and memory.
Such a measure, in addition to inflicting a deep wound on Hungary's memory policy, also burns down national minimums that were considered unassailable up until now - emphasized the spokesperson of the Civil Solidarity Forum and the Civil Solidarity Non-profit Foundation.
The decision made by the left-liberal leadership of Budapest is clear and incontrovertible proof that the current left does not distance itself from the crimes committed by the communist system in connection with the 1956 war of independence, stated Mr. Zoltán Lomnici.
Gyula Horn in Parliament/Source: MTI
According to Róbert Hetzmann, the president of the Hungarian Patriots' Association, this measure means disregarding the heroes and victims of the 1956 War of Independence.
Gyula Horn never denied his life's path, his personality is not suitable to be presented as a role model to the future generation - he believed.
The president of the association said: they will file a public interest report with the government office that supervises the legality of the capital municipality, and they will initiate that the government office take action against the violation if the name of the public area becomes effective.
Mária Wittner, a freedom fighter in 1956, called the idea of leadership in the capital outrageous. Speaking to the paper, he said:
these politicians dishonor the memory of the people who gave their lives for the independence and freedom of their country.
In his opinion, left-wing politicians would name a public area after the defeaters of the freedom struggle because they are the legal heirs of the beneficiaries of that social system.
Source: vasarnap.hu
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