Fidesz submitted a bill to Parliament on Wednesday to have the Budapest city council dissolved to allow early local elections.
The bill submitted by Debrecen mayor Lajos Kósa, party spokesman Péter Szíjjártó and Christian Democrat chairman Zsolt Semjén proposes that the council dissolve itself with a two-thirds majority in a roll-call vote.
The signatories said the Socialist-Free Democrat coalition which governed Budapest has dissolved, chaos has prevailed for many years in the capital and its operation is in danger. The three MPs asserted that only new elections can guarantee the operation of Budapest.
István Tarlós, head of the Fidesz group on city council, said after meeting with the party executive committee that new elections could be held in Budapest around next May.
Sándor Burány, head of the Socialists Budapest chapter, responded by saying that they will in no way support Fidesz’s endeavours. “Budapest city council must not be a prisoner of the breakdown of the Free Democrat group which has broken into several factions nor of Fidesz’s sick yearning for power,” he said.
Mayor Gábor Demszky told Klubrádió that the Socialists should not run away from the situation by quitting the coalition but should instead resolve existing problems together with the Free Democrats.
Burány said in response that the coalition cannot be restored in its current form as Demszky cannot guarantee that a few Free Democrat council members will co-operate.
The Budapest chapter of the Socialist Party on Wednesday formally approved the withdrawal of the party from the coalition.
