Forsthoffer Is Shocked: Kossuth Square Was Not Closed, yet a News Story Appeared Whose Title Suggests So
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According to the Speaker, the article published after the police statement was followed by inflammatory opposition posts and outraged comments, even though nothing had changed in terms of civilians and the right to assemble on the square. The police also issued a clarifying statement.
According to Speaker Ágnes Forsthoffer, some people mistakenly concluded from this that demonstrations or gatherings would have been newly banned on Kossuth Square.
The police have closed off the area around the Parliament until December 31st - many interpreted this as meaning that protests could no longer be held on Kossuth Square this year, but this is not the case.
The Speaker of the Parliament responded to the articles and opposition MPs' posts on her Facebook page, which said that the police would close Kossuth Square from today and that gatherings in the area would no longer be allowed. Ágnes Forsthoffer explained that, according to the organizational change that came into effect on Thursday, the Parliamentary Guard's object protection personnel were merged into the Emergency Police (KR). The KR took ov…
There have been examples of this before, but it was never successful. The MSZMP and then the MSZP also tried something like the Tisza is doing now.
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