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Ligeti Miklós urges comprehensive overhaul of Hungary's Constitutional Court
At a parliamentary hearing, Ligeti Miklós called for a complete redesign and rebuilding of the Constitutional Court, describing it as a "captured" institution.
During a session before the Justice and Constitution Committee, Ligeti Miklós, a criminal lawyer nominated by the Tisza Party, argued that the Constitutional Court has been operating without respect for the rule of law and with weak arguments. He said the court needs its dignity restored and offered his experience from fourteen years of confronting authorities that ignore legal norms to help the reform.
Why it matters
The reform of the Constitutional Court could reshape judicial independence and the rule of law in Hungary.
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