Fidesz-KDNP members of the Parliament’s Committee on Justice eventually voted down the proposal that many grew to dub as “Lex Szijjártó.” After the Foreign Minister’s controversial luxury yacht trip, independent MP Bernadett Szél sought to exclude those businessmen who give luxury gifts to government members from public bids.
According to the proposal initiated by independent MP Bernadett Szél (formerly the leader of green party LMP), businessmen giving luxury gifts to government members would be excluded from public bids for five years. In addition, such “gifts” (if their value surpasses a quarter of their parliamentary base salary) should be listed in asset declarations even if they were received as a ‘private person.’ In addition, according to Szél’s initiative, the law would apply to leaders of state firms as well.