Hungary Wants Law and Order
11 May 2010
Hungary wants law and order and is fed up with politicians who engage in ideological or political debates in parliament instead of creating order, said prime minister-elect Viktor Orbán at the first session of the national consultation.
Speaking in Ózd, where unemployment and crime are acute problems, Orbán promised that money from now on will be directed towards enforcing law and order. Orbán pledged a police presence in every village in order to boost local communities' sense of safety, adding that a palpable change will be felt within two weeks of the formation of the new government.
"We will prove that the kind of results that can be achieved in the area of law and order primarily depend on us," he said.
Orbán said he agreed with the local county police chief that the legal environment must be changed in order to increase police efficiency.
The prime minister-elect also said that on the first or second day of parliament, Fidesz would submit a bill that guarantees "maximum protection" to teachers. The aim of this bill is to protect teachers from the ever growing aggression by pupils.
The new government will pass a so-called ‘three-strikes’ law - which doubles the penalty for a third violent offence and prescribes life imprisonment for various serious third-time offences - and introduce the relevant bill early in the new parliament.
Orbán said the three-strikes law would be a central element of Fidesz’s plans to tackle crime.
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