Joint Opinion on the Act on the Elections of Members of Parliament of Hungary
On 20 January 2012, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary requested the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (“the Venice Commission”) of the Council of Europe for an opinion on several pieces of legislation recently revised, notably Act CCIII on the Elections of Members of Parliament of Hungary (official translation into English received by diplomatic channels on 7 March 2012; CDL-REF(2012)003; hereafter “the new Elections Act”). Following this request, the Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) have prepared the present draft opinion on the Act.
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