If Péter Magyar does not clear himself of the accusations that have appeared in the press, then he should leave public life - the constitutional lawyer stated when asked by demokrata.hu.
- According to a police report made public by a left-wing newspaper and widely quoted in the press, Péter Magyar showed aggressive and intimidating behavior towards his spouse, drove his car in a dangerous manner, and threatened. His ex-wife, Judit Varga, posted a video about domestic violence. Regardless of the person involved, how can these events be evaluated legally?
- In general, we can say that domestic violence in the everyday language, in the criminal sense, means the legal situation of relationship violence, which occurs, for example, when someone regularly exhibits humiliating and violent behavior that seriously violates human dignity, to the detriment of the parents of their children, and joint management takes material possessions belonging to his circle or common property and thereby exposes the victim to severe deprivation. In individual cases, it may also be coercion or physical violence.
– And what happens if someone endangers the life and physical integrity of those around them while driving?
- Based on the Penal Code, whoever violates the rules of road traffic on a public road or on a private road not closed to public traffic puts the life or physical integrity of another person or others in direct danger, shall be punished for a crime with imprisonment of up to three years.
- In your opinion, if anything is proven from what has appeared in the press, how can all this affect Péter Magyar's career?
– If Péter Magyar does not clarify himself, he must clearly leave public life. No one in Hungary wants the third force to be domestic violence.
- In his latest post, Magyar made another threat, threatening prison. Does this have legal relevance?
- According to the uniform judicial practice, such an act can be classified as blackmail, during which the perpetrator forces someone to act, not to act, or tolerate something by force or threat. In general, threatening to file a complaint is one of the typical ways of committing extortion, and anyone who forces others to do, not do, or tolerate something by force or threat in order to obtain an unlawful profit and thus causes a financial disadvantage, is punishable by one to five years of imprisonment for a crime.
Cover photo: constitutional lawyer Zoltán Lomnici Jr., spokesperson of CÖF-CÖKA / Photo: Civilek.info
