https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/orban-takes-sole-command-of-hungary-with-pandemic-emergency-lawHungary’s parliament handed Prime Minister Viktor Orban the right to rule by decree indefinitely, effectively putting the European Union democracy under his sole command for as long as he sees fit.
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Hungary’s ruling party lawmakers overrode the objections of the opposition in a vote on Monday, handing Orban the right to bypass the assembly on any law. The Constitutional Court, which Orban has stacked with loyalists, will be the main body capable of reviewing government actions.
Indefinitely handed unlimited power, anyone found spreading "misinformation" (anything the State doesn't approve of) is to be handed 5 years of prison, anyone found violating curfew is to be given 8 years of prison. Parliment is to be suspended (although it is already full of Orban's Fidesz nationalist party who support his dictatorship anyways).
Poland likewise has been sneaking in new legislation, with 79 new bills granting unconstitutional power to PM Kaczynski being introduced between 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM to avoid opposition, and in Israel Netanyahu has been using this as a way to reinforce his power after several years now of it being eroded and undermined by opposition.
And of course your normal players - Russia, Brasil, Modi's India, Cambodia, etc. - have also been using this as a means to centralise power with the ruling party and crack down on any descent.
(slightly petty, but times suck and I don't give a shit... this is the same Hungarian PM and party that pr was enamored with because of their anti-Muslim stances, and it's "fun" [I really wish I had been wrong] to have been proven right about how horrible they are)
