00:00:00    The return to the form of state in the republic and the transition
00:00:07    over the head of a people does not mean some pre-created law
00:00:13    and a constitutional amendment, but we return to the form
00:00:18    of state in the republic created by the freely elected national
00:00:24    assembly of the Hungarian people, according to the original concept,
00:00:29    so much so that this act of the republic is directly governed by the Act of 1848.
00:00:38    Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1822011 is amended as follows:
00:00:40    it is based on an act that underpins modern Hungary in public law,
00:00:45    which sets out the principle of ministerial responsibility.
00:00:50    It was therefore of great importance
00:00:54    for us to return to this act and its concept. This therefore means
00:01:02    public law amendment, but also taking into account the exceptional situation
00:01:09    that the transition represents in Hungary today.
00:01:16    Of course, we are in favour of a peaceful transition. In Hungary,
00:01:24    if foreign forces did not interfere, transitions were always
00:01:30    peaceful on their own, and the Hungarian revolutions were
00:01:36    bloodless until others intervened. Therefore, we are in favour
00:01:43    of this and, in the same spirit, as part of the global agreement on
00:01:51    the subject of the whole negotiation, we accept, as an exception
00:01:57    to the transition period, that the final provision is to say that
00:02:03    if the president of the republic is elected before
00:02:11    the election of the new Parliament during the political transition period
00:02:18    then voters will elect him by direct and secret voting
00:02:25    on the basis of general and equal suffrage for a period of four years.
00:02:32    As part of the political agreement, we intend to link
00:02:40    all this with the obligation that the election of the president of the republic
00:02:47    also constitutes an obligation to issue parliamentary elections,
00:02:52    and that the election of the new Parliament should take place no later
00:03:00    than 90 days after the election of the president of the republic.
00:03:08    These issues should be addressed under the signed agreement
00:03:13    to the specific provisions, which can be drawn up in a precise manner
00:03:19    on the basis of the above.
00:03:24    These five organisations and parties,
00:03:29    which undertook to do so, have done with the realisation
00:03:36    of their historical responsibility, and all of this within a set of values
00:03:42    with which we could achieve the results that we see now.
00:03:49    We believe that the president of the republic who will be elected
00:03:57    on the basis of the people's sovereignity may be elected in this case directly
00:04:05    because the representative system is not yet fully legitimised.
00:04:12    That is why it is necessary
00:04:15    to elect the president of the republic in such a form
00:04:22    and we believe that in this case until the established organisation of
00:04:29    representative democracy can function in the form which
00:04:36    the amendment of the constitution requires and which we hope to adopt,
00:04:43    the Hungarian people can decide in a direct form. We are convinced that
00:04:49    the Hungarian people never make the wrong decisions directly.
00:04:55    Clearly, due to differences of views and differences in judgement,
00:05:03    fair and incorrect statements will also be made outside these walls.
00:05:12    Let's leave it to that. The other issue that we would
00:05:17    like to address is that the five organisations and parties that view
00:05:23    the whole agreement more positively consider it to be a basis from
00:05:29    which they can move on and a basis that means an agreement -
00:05:36    it is only on the basis of an agreement that one can be held responsible.
00:05:42    We thought that we would come to an agreement in what is honourable
00:05:49    and that we would be accountable to you. Therefore,
00:05:55    all that we have agreed on and which are part of a modern European Hungary,
00:06:02    a modern European constitution, a modern European suffrage
00:06:07    and a modern European party system we did not want to jeopardise
00:06:14    most especially amidst Hungary's situation with regards to foreign, internal and economic policy
00:06:19    and we are convinced that our fellow oppositionists see it the same way.
00:06:26    They have taken a different position but on the basis of other considerations
00:06:34    and therefore the opposition round table will continue to operate
00:06:39    despite these differences of opinion and we wish to participate
00:06:45    in the further legislative work together. To sum up all this, therefore,
00:06:52    in everything that remains we will once again work together
00:06:58    and we will pursue these goals. At present, I believe that
00:07:06    this is all that has to be said and that both on the issue of the Workers’ Militia
00:07:13    and on the issue of the disengagement of parties from workplaces,
00:07:19    these five organisations have shown decisive behaviour,
00:07:24    including proposals and drafts, and we stand by it just as well.
00:07:30    I just wanted to point out all this that there shoud be no misunderstanding.