Hungary plans legislation preventing blockade of bridges during protests, Orban says

Hungary plans legislation preventing blockade of bridges during protests, Orban says

Hungary's government is planning a law that would prevent protesters blocking bridges in order to defend the rights of those not protesting, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

After banning Pride, the Prime Minister would further tighten the assembly law to prevent the bridges from being occupied. He would pull in motorists who are dissatisfied with the traffic jam and prevent the mass dissatisfaction from being visible. Once again, Orbán has found a case that can divide the opposition and make him feel like a winner. But this actually comes at a high price.

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By the end of the year, we will achieve 3.5 percent economic growth, which forms the basis for economic goals, the key to everything is to have jobs, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the program Good morning, Hungary! on Kossuth Radio. He announced that a law amendment will be introduced, through which the interests of those not participating in the demonstration will also be taken into account. It is not normal that tens of thousands are stu…

The chairman of the Legal and Interest Protection Committee of the Hungarian Automobile Club pointed out that if any traffic obstruction occurs on the bridges in Budapest, it will also affect the outer city districts.

The Hungarian government is preparing a law to ban demonstrators from blocking bridges during protests, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Friday (April 4th).