“It has been swiftly ascertained that the domestic and international slander campaign pursued against Hungary in connection with the state of the rule of law and the state of danger was entirely without foundation,” Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Kossuth Radio’s programme ‘Good morning, Hungary’ on Wednesday morning.

During the coronavirus epidemic, the legal order attached to the state of danger provided the government with the necessary scope for manoeuvring as long as it was justified. While the danger of the epidemic has not yet passed, thanks to the cooperation, unity and disciplined conduct of the Hungarian people, the moment has come for relaxing the regulations.

It is “an historic crime” of some domestic and foreign actors that even at a time of trouble they attacked Hungary, Ms. Varga stated, adding that the Hungarian opposition “operated an appalling system of denunciations” through which all news swiftly made their way to the “Brussels headquarters”. We find it regrettable that the European Parliament was part of the problem, not the solution, she observed.

What kind of a community is it that when in trouble, instead of helping, hinders and attacks one of its own? Based on a trumped-up excuse, they even prevented a Hungarian minister from speaking in the debate about Hungary in the European Parliament, Ms. Varga said.

Regarding the bills on the revocation of the state of danger submitted to Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister said one of them lays down that Parliament is calling upon the government to terminate the state of danger. Following this, a complex mechanism of entry into force will be triggered, the purpose of which is to return from the special legal order to normality.

The other bill submitted yesterday evening concerns a number of health care and economic measures which will remain in effect on a transitional basis, including the credit debt moratorium which will remain in force even beyond the state of danger, all the way until the end of the year, certain exemptions and benefits regarding the payment of contributions on wages, and the rules related to the digital administration of justice, the Minister highlighted.

(Ministry of Justice/MTI)