The Magical Nokia-box - part 9

How did the Nokia-box effect the parliamentary elections?

The smear campaign against Hagyó had significant role in the two-thirds victory. The new Fidesz-led government appointed Tünde Handó as the president of the National Office for the Judiciary, Péter Polt as the Chief Prosecutor of Hungary, Mária Szívós as signatory judge, furthermore they established their authority over the media with the help of the media law. As the Nokia-box had an influence on the election, the election also had an effect on the Nokia-box case, as the above mentioned appointees played a significant role in the progress of the BKV- and Hagyó-case.

Thanks to the Nokia-box legend has the left-party been associated with corruption?

Yes, it has. After Zsolt Balogh’s statement the whole nation was shocked. At the time of the 2010’s election the Nokia-box became the symbol of corruption in the public awareness. The idea of a corrupt, left-liberal and rotten government developed by the right-party related media seemed to be proved for people criticizing the Gyurcsány-government. As a result of the smear campaign the left-party not only lost the elections, but Fidesz was able to obtain the two-thirds majority.

The Constitutional Court is hears the president of the National Judicial Office behind closed doors

According to the Institution of Eötvös Károly, the Hungarian Helsinki Comittee and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union it is injuring the power of the state's decision-making public, the right of the access of the public utility informations and the principle of the fair proceeding, that the Constitutional Court is hearing the president of the National Judical Office behind closed doors.



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According to the announcement of the president of the Constitutional Court (AB) is gonig to hearing Tünde Handó the president of the National Judical Office (OBH) with the public lock-out, in coherence of the Hagyó-case complaint of the constitutinal right's consideration. The basic of the proceeding is that the president of the OBH transposed the case from Kecskemét to Budapest. The petitoners of the complaint of the constitutional right together with other things traversed that about the case-transference only the prosecution service evolved his opinions, the accuseds and their defenders not. 

Tomorrow Handó can explain herself

Tomorrow the Constitutional Court is going to hear Tünde Handó, the president of the National Judical Office with the coherence of Hagyó and his partner´s complaint of the constitutional right. The main point of the complaint is that the BKV-case were transposed to the Court of Kecskemét so what has proved it´s political prejudice at the Zuschlag-case, that there was no remedy chance against the verdict. 

According to András Kádár lawyer´s relation, the hearing from incomrehensible causes is gonig to happen with the lock-out of the public and the concerneds.

In the Hungarian claim history up to this point apropos of this unprecedented occasion, we had traversed the main points of the case, and Tünde Handó´s previous statements about the practice of the suit transfers.


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Tünde Handó, wife of József Szájer Fidesz-party EP-representator was lifted to the president chair of the OBH by the parliament in 13 of december in 2012, and she is practicing her power from 1 of january, 2012. That day the new constitution came into effect, what is together with the fundamental law's provisions makes enable Tünde Handó to decide about the questions of the court appointment.

Hagyó case: Handó stands in front of the Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court will question/hear Handó Tünde, the president of the National Judicial Office with the coherence of the transportation of the Hagyó case to the Kecskemét Tribunal – found out our newspaper. 


The reason of the questioning/hearing in front of the Constitutional Court next to others, the proposal from Hagyó Miklós (former deputy lord mayor) and his lawyer to the Constitutional Court, in where they disapproved that the wife of Szájer József (who is a Fidesz party representative in the European Parliament) decided to transfer the BKV case to the Kecskemét Tribunal, without the support of the right for the remedy/legal redress.

Tünde Handó

Hagyó Miklós wants to be in the questioning/hearing on the 23th of April, but it’s not sure that he will have an opportunity - answered to our question Kádár András, the lawyer of the former deputy lord mayor. In addition – he continued – in Hagyó’s personal participation there can be two obstructions. One of them is that on that day Hagyó has to be in Kecskemét in the hearing of the BKV case but he trusts in that the court will allow this „outgoing” for him. The other question that this questioning/hearing really going to be public. If not, then Hagyó wants to wait in the hall of the Constitutional Court while they’re asking the main judge about his case – told Kádár. The lawyer is waiting excitedly the questioning/hearing, because the standing orders of the Constitutional Court doesn’t say that what is happening on an event like this. 

The Trajectory of Democracy: Why Hungary Matters

The Trajectory of Democracy: Why Hungary Matters 

The hearing begins at 40:41


The Helsinki Commission heard the testimonies from three different panels regarding the growing concern on the rise of tyranny in Hungary on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

The most relative testimony to the Hagyó Case comes from Constitutional Law expert, and former Hungarian resident, Kim Lane Scheppel. Her speech begins at 1:49:00.


Source: http://thehagyocase.wordpress.com/