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Lencsés, Károly
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
What to do with young criminals
Hungarian journalist Károly Lencsés thinks it's not enough to talk about prison for criminal youth. There must also be pressure on parents and schools: "If a youth grows up in an environment where he has not learned an ounce of respect for basic norms, then he will hardly obey the Ten Commandments. Is it right to put him behind bars for that? Of course, criminals must be imprisoned, even young ones. If the law is changed, even 12 year olds will go to jail. But that does not relieve us from responsibility. Everyone must have a chance to become a proper adult. And we should give this chance to Hungary's 4,000 juvenile delinquents."
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Opposition proposes a referendum
The Hungarian opposition leader Viktor Orban has proposed a referendum on the government's reform programme and austerity measures. According to commentator Károly Lencsés this is all part of a strategy to destabilise the government: "With cunningly formulated questions, the opposition is trying to raise doubts about the government's entire programme. If the referendum is allowed to take place in this form, the regulations regarding government laid down in the constitution will lose their meaing." Lencsés cites István Lövétei, an expert on constitutional law, who criticises the opposition's initiative "because it asks citizens political questions which require specialised knowledge of politics. The questions can therefore only be formulated in an extremely oversimplified manner and answered with either a 'yes' or 'no'... According to Lövétei this type of question is not permitted in referendums in other European countries. Even in Switzerland, the country where referendums are held most frequently, citizens only decide on matters that have a direct and long-term impact on the future of the country – and only when there is a clear answer, for example in matters like EU membership or opening the borders to immigrants."
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