Tolna County Government Office appointed independent MP Ákos Hadházy to unskilled horticultural work, the lawmaker announced on social media, after he was fined for organizing anti-government ‘car-honking’ protests last year. Instead of paying the fine, he decided on doing community service.
During the state-of-emergency and the lockdown imposed due to the first wave of the coronavirus, opposition Momentum, jointly with independent MPs Bernadett Szél, and Ákos Hadházy, organized several ’car-honking’ demonstrations in Budapest to protest against the hospital evacuations ordered by the government at the time.
Police officers handed out hefty fines to protesters, including the organizers, for “making sounds without reason.”
By April 13, the number of Hungarians inoculated against Covid-19 could reach 3 million, “allowing a new opportunity for people to return to their earlier ways of life,” the prime minister said in an interview on Friday.
Speaking to public broadcaster Kossuth Radio, Viktor Orbán warned however that people should continue to be careful and observe coronavirus-related regulations during the Easter holidays.
Orbán said the ratio of Covid sufferers, the amount of vaccines available and the number of vaccinated “will improve nicely” in the next few weeks.
Hungary has been through its toughest month so far since the coronavirus pandemic appeared in the country. Despite some restrictions introduced early last month, it broke all existing negative records and became the one with the worst fatality rate on the globe. After the fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom […]Continue reading