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06-11-2019, 01:05 AM
Marth, 1598
Four years after the fall of Békésy, the country seemed to move toward political stagnation. During the last three years, many scandals happened during the previous decade were exposed and starting to erode former Békésy officials, many of them still active in the Moderate Party and the Reform Party (the renamed Békésy's Keszarian Liberal Movement and the new party founded by former Speaker of the National Assembly Gyöngy Székély, respectively). However, the government failed to pass any constitutional reform, and it was forced to deal with an institutional system damaded during Békésy's presidency. The government tried to compensate focusing on anti-corruption and economic reforms. While the former were popular -even if many feared that the government was not going far or fast enough-, the latter were not, as some of the economic reforms allowed the most radical parties such as the Communist Party or the far-right National People's Party to revive in the polls.
But what most was damading the new governments in the eyes of most was the increasing tension between the Speaker of the National Assembly and Acting President Árpád Meggyesfalvi and the de facto head of government and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lázár Kádár. The tension became unsustainable when Meggyesfalvi created his own political party, "Híd Mozgalom" (Bridge Movement), which was joined by 12 MPs from the Democratic Alliance. However, they still supported most of the policies and reforms of the government, but refused to join negotiations for the 1598 legislative election.
Four months before the 1598 legislative election, the Democratic Alliance held their first official congress since the end of the Békésy's regime. They vowed to continue their program of reforms and the Democratic Alliance was renamed as Democratic Center Party. Lázár Kádár was elected President of the Democratic Center Party, and Ildikó Szabó was elected General Secretary.
The Democratic Center Party performed well despite the well-known tensions between the former opposition allies. The Democratic Center Party failed to repeat the majority that they had under the Democratic Alliance, but with 42% of the vote and 147 of 299 MPs (only three short of a majority), they remained as the strongest parliamentary group in the National Assembly.
The opposition was divided, but Meggyesfalvi's Híd Mozgalom emerged as the second largest parliamentary group with 59 MPs. Surprisingly, Reform Party, the renamed political party founded by Gyöngy Székély -proving again her talent for political survival- obtained 42 MPs overcoming the Moderate Party, which obtained only 33 MPs.
The Communist Party was able to return to the National Assembly, with 18 MPs and almost 7% of the vote, mostly because they active opposition to the economic reforms of the government, which included welfare cuts and ending subsidies in order to stabilize the economy. However, the far-right National People's Party was not able to enter in the parliament for a few thousand votes, as it obtained 4.9%, short to overcome the minimu threshold.
The 12th National Assembly, at the sixth attempt, elected Dorko Vörösz, from the Democratic Center Party, as the new Speaker of the Assembly and therefore Acting President until the 1599 presidential election. It was still a bittersweet victory for the government, as they have regained control of the acting presidency, they were short of a majority in both houses of the parliament.
Four years after the fall of Békésy, the country seemed to move toward political stagnation. During the last three years, many scandals happened during the previous decade were exposed and starting to erode former Békésy officials, many of them still active in the Moderate Party and the Reform Party (the renamed Békésy's Keszarian Liberal Movement and the new party founded by former Speaker of the National Assembly Gyöngy Székély, respectively). However, the government failed to pass any constitutional reform, and it was forced to deal with an institutional system damaded during Békésy's presidency. The government tried to compensate focusing on anti-corruption and economic reforms. While the former were popular -even if many feared that the government was not going far or fast enough-, the latter were not, as some of the economic reforms allowed the most radical parties such as the Communist Party or the far-right National People's Party to revive in the polls.
But what most was damading the new governments in the eyes of most was the increasing tension between the Speaker of the National Assembly and Acting President Árpád Meggyesfalvi and the de facto head of government and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lázár Kádár. The tension became unsustainable when Meggyesfalvi created his own political party, "Híd Mozgalom" (Bridge Movement), which was joined by 12 MPs from the Democratic Alliance. However, they still supported most of the policies and reforms of the government, but refused to join negotiations for the 1598 legislative election.
Four months before the 1598 legislative election, the Democratic Alliance held their first official congress since the end of the Békésy's regime. They vowed to continue their program of reforms and the Democratic Alliance was renamed as Democratic Center Party. Lázár Kádár was elected President of the Democratic Center Party, and Ildikó Szabó was elected General Secretary.
The Democratic Center Party performed well despite the well-known tensions between the former opposition allies. The Democratic Center Party failed to repeat the majority that they had under the Democratic Alliance, but with 42% of the vote and 147 of 299 MPs (only three short of a majority), they remained as the strongest parliamentary group in the National Assembly.
The opposition was divided, but Meggyesfalvi's Híd Mozgalom emerged as the second largest parliamentary group with 59 MPs. Surprisingly, Reform Party, the renamed political party founded by Gyöngy Székély -proving again her talent for political survival- obtained 42 MPs overcoming the Moderate Party, which obtained only 33 MPs.
The Communist Party was able to return to the National Assembly, with 18 MPs and almost 7% of the vote, mostly because they active opposition to the economic reforms of the government, which included welfare cuts and ending subsidies in order to stabilize the economy. However, the far-right National People's Party was not able to enter in the parliament for a few thousand votes, as it obtained 4.9%, short to overcome the minimu threshold.
The 12th National Assembly, at the sixth attempt, elected Dorko Vörösz, from the Democratic Center Party, as the new Speaker of the Assembly and therefore Acting President until the 1599 presidential election. It was still a bittersweet victory for the government, as they have regained control of the acting presidency, they were short of a majority in both houses of the parliament.