The Democratic Forum parliamentary caucus was dissolved yesterday after MP András Csáky formally announced his departure from the group, leaving it one short of the minimum ten MPs required to maintain caucus status. Csáky will stay in Parliament as an independent MP.
Former Fidesz MP Antal Császár, now prime ministerial commissioner for co-ordinating the economic stimulus package, may join the Forum MPs, making it an official caucus again, Népszabadság writes.
Caucus leader Károly Herényi told ATV Monday night that Császár has indicated that he is ready to cross over to the Forum, but noted that “as this is irreconcilable with his prime ministerial commissioner job, he will have to decide which one to choose”.
Both Herényi and party leader Ibolya Dávid said in Parliament Monday that they consider their new status only temporary and will form a new caucus when that becomes possible.
Dávid said before regular business that the choice Lajos Bokros to head the party’s list of MEP candidates the decision that prompted Csáky’s departure was worth it, “if this is the price we have to pay for not joining the rank of populist fairy heroes”. She continued, “if we become independent MPs, we will express our opinion ten times, a hundred times louder”.
