The Democratic Coalition would take over the leadership of the opposition, or, as party leader Ferenc Gyurcsány put it in an interview with Partizán, would designate the center of opposition politics. According to constitutional lawyer Zoltán Lomnici Jr., Századvég's legal expert, after the ugly fall of the left-wing party alliance, the long-promoted unity on the opposition side seems to be breaking with a substantive DK initiative. As he said, the shadow government is nothing more than a tool for exerting pressure and unifying the opposition.

- After the ugly fall of the left-wing party alliance, the unity that had been proclaimed for so long seems to be broken on the opposition side with a substantive DK initiative - pointed out to Magyar Nemzet jr. Constitutional lawyer Zoltán Lomnici, legal expert of Századvég.

created its own shadow government in order to stay on top of the everyday palette of public life and to be able to provide the appearance of active operation My own, as it is politically inclusive and homogenous, since they did not want to invite anyone from another party to the shadow cabinet. Zoltán Lomnici Jr. said that the institution found in many countries of the world has no domestic tradition.

In the United Kingdom, Australia or even Canada - the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations - the establishment of a shadow government is a common opposition practice, the primary function of which is to unify the political community, mobilize supporters, and facilitate the formation and communication of opposition political messages, he explained . As he put it, the institution of shadow governments basically consists of the Anglo-Saxon culture and the largely two-party system – the Labor Party and the Conservative Party. A similar attempt was made in France in 2018, where the local republicans formed a shadow government, but they failed to get much news, and in Italy the Democrats tried it, but thanks to the Italian public life, the created shadow government barely lasted a year - listed the examples jr. Lomnici.

The full article of Magyar Nemzet can be read here.

Author: Krisztina Kinceses

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