Hungary groups rally against ‘Viktator’ premier

Around 4,000 Hungarians rallied in Budapest on Sunday against Prime Minister Viktor Orban, branding their leader a dictator after his right-wing government passed a highly controversial change to the constitution.
Protesters carried EU and opposition party flags and held banners dubbing the prime minister “Viktator”.
The rally, which was organised by civil group Milla (short for “One Million for Press Freedom in Hungary”), was moved from Friday, Hungary’s national day, when snowstorms paralysed much of the country.
Orban came under fire at home and abroad earlier this week for steering through parliament a constitutional amendment which opponents say contravenes civil rights and accelerates an attack on democratic structures begun by Orban’s party since it came to power in 2010.
Philosopher and activist Gaspar Miklos Tamas said that “the basic components of democracy and constitutionality in Hungary have been broken”.

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