12. Now squishy shit. "Globalist"/"internationalist" culture shit.
I've heard conflicting reports on how bad Orban is really, but I see recently that he's implemented something like martial law? ie he is empowered to just suspend laws? this seems kind of out-of-band for Western democracies, right? or am I way off?
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No, to the best of my knowledge it's "internationally standard" emergency powers as a response to the epidemic. He tried to have Parliament extend the maximum duration, but *scheduling* it onto the agenda would have taken a 80% majority and didn't happen.
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On the other hand: - as I mentioned, the single-chamber legislature elects the executive; - there needs to be legislative checks/balances, so the head of state has basically veto power; - but the head of state is elected (with 2/3) by the legislature he oversees!
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