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Hungarian opposition parties Párbeszéd (Dialogue) and Momentum have said they will file a police complaint against ruling Fidesz party lawmaker Zsolt Becsó after he attended a parliamentary session last week while infected with the coronavirus. At that session on 27 April, Becsó voted in favour of the bills that put 70% of Hungarian higher education under the control of foundations, while the state gave away billions of euros worth of public property to organisations that critics say will likely be run by Fidesz allies. With barely a year until what looks to be a tight election in Hungary, the government is shifting considerable amounts of public assets away from the state and into foundations. The goal could be to sustain Viktor Orbán’s “System of National Cooperation” (NER) should he lose the 2022 election. EURACTIV’s media partner Telex takes a closer look. ....
Opposition Calls on Fidesz MP to Step Down for Voting While Allegedly Infected With COVID Fidesz representative Zsolt Becsó was reported to the authorities by leftist green party Párbeszéd and the centrist Momentum Movement after voting in Parliament despite being infected with Covid. His vote helped Fidesz win the two-thirds majority it needed to pass a bill outsourcing most of Hungary’s universities to foundations. Zsolt Becsó had no sense of taste or smell on April 27, the day that the government was set to vote on transfering the majority of Hungary’s public universities to foundations, but he went to vote on the bill anyway. After testing positive for Covid, he was sent into a mandated home quarantine. ....