Hongarije (5)

Ja, dat blijft me dus bezig houden; dus maar even contact opgenomen Stefano in Hongarije; hieronder zijn verhaal uit het rampgebied:

... What I realized about the whole story here is that the former Prime Minister Gyurcsany requested for a motion of no-confidence against himself, calling it a “constructive” one. In a public speech at the annual conference of his party (MSZP) he surprised his own mates (I was tempted to say ‘comrade’) with a declaration on the enormity of the crisis and with an honest and heroic expiatory sacrifice of himself, saying that if the Parliament consider him responsible, he’s ready to quit. Personally, I think that he has chosen the motion of no-confidence way instead of resignation to save the rule of his party. Actually in case of resignation the President of the Republic has to choose the new Prime Minister and, in fact, he (Somoly Laszlo) is much more conservatives oriented. As the authority for national unity he would be almost forced to choose a conservative, as most of the people in Hungary is at the moment opposition oriented (you know, when things go wrong the ruling ones are always guilty and their popularity falls down). Opting for a motion of no-confidence he has given himself the opportunity to get out of the ‘cyclone eye’ (it’s an Italian way to say “a very bad position”, I don’t know if they use it in English too: in fact, the cyclone eye is a quite calm area…) and to his party a chance to rule still, maybe the last one before 2010 general elections. By that time the crisis is likely to be exceeded and the new technical government of MSZP will hail itself as an hero, the rescuer of homeland, giving the party – therefore to Gyurcsany – a new chance to win the election again. Otherwise it will be the fortune of opposition.
The so-called “motion against himself” is constitutionally valid because technically it was moved by the Parliament as the former coalition MSZP-SZDSZ (Socialist Party and Free Democrat Party) – which has no more majority in Parliament – could reach the legal number to do it anyway.
Just this evening the President of the Republic – who’s also the authority guaranteeing the Constitution – said that the procedure of motion of confidence is constitutionally valid, even if unusual.
For a clearest report check this link in English:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123776253551308415.html

Grazie Stefano!