Deputies of the Hungarian parliament passed a law on Tuesday to withdraw special powers granted to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to tackle the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reported.

Orban secured extra powers to fight the coronavirus with an open-ended mandate at the end of March, which allowed his government to pass decrees.

From early last month, the government in Budapest gradually ended a national lockdown as the epidemic subsided.

Orban said earlier that parliament, which is dominated by his Fidesz party, could at any time cancel the special powers to manage the country without MPs’ consent.

Source: RT