It is not known whether Gyurcsány mentioned in his congressional speech the visit of judges Csaba Vasvári and Tamás Matusik, members of the National Judicial Council, to the American ambassador, David Pressman, who shamelessly insulted the principle of independent justice.
This is not clear from the 33 seconds of his speech that have been made public so far. However, I don't think it is likely that he would bring up his not-so-beneficial relationship with Csaba Vasvári, who was often referred to as a blood judge because of his judgments after the 2006 riots. (But Gyurcsány's speech usually comes up, and then they always make fun of it! Not a little, a lot!-ed.)
Vasvári was the judge about whom Wikipedia wrote the following - not by chance - in the article quoted by Magyar Nemzet:
"After the riots in Budapest in the fall of 2006 - especially the siege of the MTV headquarters - hundreds of innocent people were arbitrarily detained on the basis of police allegations. Most of the suspects were picked up randomly from the street or dragged away from entertainment venues by the police, and then they were accused of assaulting them. Vasvári's decisions were annulled without exception as unfounded by the Capital Court of Appeals acting at the second instance. The criminal proceedings against those arrested were later largely dropped. As a trial judge in Vasvári, he also acted in several such cases, and in many cases he illegally sentenced innocent young men with no criminal record to prison despite the lack of evidence. (…) The persons convicted by him were rehabilitated on the basis of the nullity law that entered into force in 2013."
It was necessary to quote the Hungarian Nation because, interestingly, in the fall of 2021, the above part of the Wikipedia entry about Vasvári disappeared.
Source: PestiSrácok
There is no evidence of the relationship between Gyurcsány and Vasvári, nor whether there is any at all. In any case, the similarity in worldview is striking. This can also be deduced from the fact that Vasvári previously informed the Guardian Observer, for example, that the Orbán government "interferes in the work of the courts".
In his congressional speech, Gyurcsány probably forgot to quote the position of the National Council of Judges, according to which "the judge acts without any influence during his judging activities, enforcing the principle of equal treatment of the parties. In the course of his work, he avoids even the appearance of favoring anyone, his procedures and decisions are based on partisanship or prejudice. […] The judge must refrain from unnecessary connections and influence with the legislative and executive powers in a way that is obvious to outsiders as well.”
We know very well that an ambassador is very much a part of the executive power, and in our case, moreover, a power that serves foreign, and therefore non-Hungarian, interests. The Vasvári's visit to Pressman therefore not only smacked the independence of the judiciary as stipulated in the Basic Law, but also the position of its own body.
I think that the minimum would be that Ferenc Gyurcsány, who regularly emphasizes the importance of the rule of law – which is very functional in Hungary anyway – protests against the judges' visit. However, as far as we know, this has not been done so far.
As the days pass, sadder and sadder connections are revealed on the left, which in themselves would be enough to make those involved disappear from public life once and for all. However, they shrug off the responsibility for this like a dog shakes off water.
Unfortunately, we are forced to live side by side, aware of all this.
Not forgetting what should never be forgotten. (They really missed it! - ed.)
Source: 888.hu
Featured image: MTI
