DK launches signature drive against electoral districts beyond border
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on Tuesday said it is launching an online signature drive against the establishment of electoral districts beyond Hungary's border.
Citing press reports, Gergely Arato, the party’s deputy parliamentary group leader, told a press conference that ruling Fidesz was preparing to create individual electoral districts beyond the border. He said this would mean that Hungarian citizens without a permanent address in Hungary would elect 8-10 MPs in general elections compared with the 1-2 they elect currently by voting for party lists.
Arato said this was a “brutal distortion” of Hungary’s election system, arguing that it could be those who “don’t bear the consequences of their actions” that end up preventing a change of government. He said the government’s performance could only be judged by those “who live, shop and receive health care here”.
