Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-05-Speech-2-470-250"
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As a lawyer and an academic, I am well aware that a constitution is more than a political instrument or a compilation of the legal limits of the exercise of the state’s powers. It is the law of laws and the repository of fundamental rights. That is why a constitution must be ideologically neutral, must ensure a high level of protection of the citizens’ rights, freedoms and guarantees, and must not – cannot – be set up in such a way as to limit the free exercise of legislative and executive power.
However, despite the concerns raised by the international community, I also know that constitutional power resides in the people through their elected representatives and, as such, Hungary and the legitimately elected Members of the Hungarian Parliament have absolute sovereignty in drafting and adopting a new constitution. I therefore believe that I should not pronounce on the specific text adopted, beyond setting out the aforementioned general principles of law."@en1
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