2nd October 2006
Banana republic of Hungary (the President shows himself as a good candidate in the ‘clumsy politicians’ contest)
Today I read in the Catalan press (unfortunately I don’t have the patience to read every day the Hungarian press, only check it in exceptional cases such as the current one) that right after the perfectly predictable results of the municipal elections, the Hungarian President accused Gyurcsány of threatening Hungarian democracy. His words were direct and tough, and although many of them were true, he shouldn’t have said that, because his position means he should not take part in the political fight between parties.
As he said, Gyurcsány’s resignation is not part of his competences. Therefore, he shouldn’t try to force his resignation with a very offensive speech. His attitude is at least as immoral as Gyurcsány’s. He is suggesting that Gyurcsány has not the moral authority to rule the country anymore (which I agree), but he is nobody to make moral judgements. Sólyom’s statement has no legal value, which makes it totally useless. It means that instead of stabilizing the country, he is trying to influence the people to protest against the PM. Some of the things he said were correct (defending democracy), but he lost all credibility when he attacked Gyurcsány.
The President should be aware of his competences and not make political campaign against one of the political parties. If he is not entitled to remove the PM, he should not express his opinion on this issue. It is not by chance that he is not allowed to decide who should or should not be the PM. Sólyom should only do his duties and not influence the people with his statements. It is the Parliament that has the power to swear in and remove the PM and discussions on the issue should be carried out there.
Please, Mr Sólyom, the President of Hungary has not much to do, so try to do that as best as possible and don’t complicate the situation. You give stability to the country, not substitute the Parliament in the political decisions, because this way you are withdrawing the legitimacy from the Parliament. You are the Head of the State, therefore you should be neutral in the political contest. I you are not authorised to remove Gyurcsány, then don’t try to force his resignation with tendentious statements.
The scandal of Gyurcsány’s speech seems not to get solved because the current politicians are incapable to face reality and make a brave decision. And now, the President of the country has showed himself as a good candidate to win the competition of clumsy politicians.
Banana republic of Hungary (the President shows himself as a good candidate in the ‘clumsy politicians’ contest)
Today I read in the Catalan press (unfortunately I don’t have the patience to read every day the Hungarian press, only check it in exceptional cases such as the current one) that right after the perfectly predictable results of the municipal elections, the Hungarian President accused Gyurcsány of threatening Hungarian democracy. His words were direct and tough, and although many of them were true, he shouldn’t have said that, because his position means he should not take part in the political fight between parties.
As he said, Gyurcsány’s resignation is not part of his competences. Therefore, he shouldn’t try to force his resignation with a very offensive speech. His attitude is at least as immoral as Gyurcsány’s. He is suggesting that Gyurcsány has not the moral authority to rule the country anymore (which I agree), but he is nobody to make moral judgements. Sólyom’s statement has no legal value, which makes it totally useless. It means that instead of stabilizing the country, he is trying to influence the people to protest against the PM. Some of the things he said were correct (defending democracy), but he lost all credibility when he attacked Gyurcsány.
The President should be aware of his competences and not make political campaign against one of the political parties. If he is not entitled to remove the PM, he should not express his opinion on this issue. It is not by chance that he is not allowed to decide who should or should not be the PM. Sólyom should only do his duties and not influence the people with his statements. It is the Parliament that has the power to swear in and remove the PM and discussions on the issue should be carried out there.
Please, Mr Sólyom, the President of Hungary has not much to do, so try to do that as best as possible and don’t complicate the situation. You give stability to the country, not substitute the Parliament in the political decisions, because this way you are withdrawing the legitimacy from the Parliament. You are the Head of the State, therefore you should be neutral in the political contest. I you are not authorised to remove Gyurcsány, then don’t try to force his resignation with tendentious statements.
The scandal of Gyurcsány’s speech seems not to get solved because the current politicians are incapable to face reality and make a brave decision. And now, the President of the country has showed himself as a good candidate to win the competition of clumsy politicians.
posted by Marcal | 08:30
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