Hungary's president re-elected for 5-year term
Source: Associated Press
Mar. 13, 2017 10:43 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers re-elected President Janos Ader to his largely ceremonial post on Monday, ensuring another five-year term for a supporter of populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government.
Ader, nominated by Orban's governing Fidesz party, defeated Laszlo Majtenyi, a former ombudsman for data protection nominated by the left-wing opposition. Ader won by 131 votes to 39, with 29 abstentions.
A second round was needed because Ader fell two votes short of the 133 votes needed for a two-thirds majority in the first round. Only a simple majority was needed to win in round two.
The 57-year-old Ader is a former parliamentary speaker and member of the European Parliament. He became president in May 2012, after the departure of former Olympic fencing champion Pal Schmitt, who resigned after 20 months in office because of a plagiarism scandal.
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Good jobbik, Hungary!
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This man would chew up and spit out Rump without even reaching for the paprika sauce, and the very best ethnicities he doesn't like could expect from him would be forced deportation.
Let's just hope Hungary has a real election in 2018 or so.
