The mayoral election needs to be repeated no later than the thirtieth day after the election, i.e. by July 9, if Gergely Karácsony succeeds in overcoming all of the authorized obstacles. However, there’s a minimal likelihood that the mayoral election might be repeated all through Budapest. Zsuzsanna Kunos, the lawyer of the Society for Freedoms (TASZ), spoke to Telex about this.
The mayor should point out and show the particular violations of the particular voting districts in his attraction. If the NVB or, later, the Kúria determined in favor of a repeat election, there would in all probability be a brand new vote solely in these polling stations the place the legislation was violated, Kunos added.
Christmas objected to that, that the NVB didn’t make it obligatory that poll packing containers be opened solely within the presence of opposition election committee members. “We all know of a Fidesz district the place, by some means, the clerk didn’t wish to use this chance, and by the point the opposition delegate received there, he had already opened the poll field. Nobody can confirm whether or not one thing occurred within the meantime.”
In accordance with the mayor, the purity of the recount would solely be ensured if the invalid ballots, bundled collectively, arrived unopened on the NVI Alkotmány utca constructing. “However, we all know of a district the place, referring to the directions of the Nationwide Elections Workplace, the stack was opened on the spot, and solely the ballots have been despatched in an envelope to the NVI. Neither in the course of the opening of the bundles nor in the course of the transport was it ensured that the bundles couldn’t be reached, and the ballots couldn’t be manipulated.”
