Schmitt quits

2012. április 02. 17:29

Mr Schmitt is the first president to step down since the end of communism.

2012. április 02. 17:29
Adam LeBor
Economist

„Hungary's most enthralling political drama since the riots of autumn 2006 is over. Pál Schmitt, the beleaguered president, resigned earlier today after days of mounting political pressure. Last week Semmelweis University stripped Mr Schmitt of his doctoral degree after a committee found that he had directly lifted 17 pages and had partially copied a further 180 pages of his 1992 thesis on the modern Olympic games.

Mr Schmitt initially refused to resign, saying that the affair had nothing to do with his role as president. But calls for him to quit filled the Hungarian media over the weekend, many of them from the right-wing media and influential conservative blogs. All four opposition parties called for the president to resign, although Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said Mr Schmitt should make his own mind up. (...)

Resignations in Hungarian public life are rare and Mr Schmitt is the first president to step down since the end of communism. Ironically, he may have given his greatest public service by showing that, even in Hungary, there are limits to what the public will tolerate from their politicians.”

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ciseaux
2012. április 02. 23:07
Kik voltak annak a bizottságnak atagjai, akik a Schmitt dolgozatot summa cum laude értékelték, hogy ugyanaz az intézmény 20 évvel később megvonja azt? No és kik értek rá, és mi volt a céljuk Scmitt dolgozatának a kutatásával, szétszedésével? Kérem, aki tudja, hogy pl. a Szanyinak miből van doktorija, ne habozzon, ossza meg velünk.
hajjaj
2012. április 02. 21:48
LeBeur, for the violation of my country: kiss my ass!
Adam LeBor, please get cancer
2012. április 02. 21:07
When will you learn not to censor, Economist? Dear Adam LeBor, the author of this article, I have a few questions for you, since it is April 1st, April's fool's day, my questions will be modified accordingly, so here goes: Is it true, that you hold dual citizenship? Is it true that you regularly visited Tel-Aviv since you were a teenager? Is it true that very often you view things from a Jewish standpoint exemplified by your article "Is Barack Obama good for the Jews"? Don't you think that other viewpoints could be equally valid? Is it true that you are a contributor for Jewcy the "Jewish Hipster movement's portal"? Is it true that you have a profile there? Is it true that when your own president, Moshev Katsav turned out to be a rapist, you didn't call for his resignation? Is it true that you and your paper, the Economist did not even report, when Katsav the rapist was convicted by an Israeli court (and what a brave court)? Is it true that you didn't even report when he started serving his seven year prison term for rape? Is it true that you didn't even report when he resigned in disgrace in a plea deal in which Israeli authorities were willing to overlook the small issue of rape in order to protect the presidency? (Katsav later foolishly rejected this generous offer, thinking that the Israeli courts will exonerate him anyway to protect the prestige of the presidency- Only this allowed his conviction for rape) Do you think it is OK for the authorities to overlook rape in order to protect presidential prestige? Do you think rape is a minor offence for which there should be no resignation? Did you know that the Israeli president (the rapist) only resigned fifteen days before his term was about the end and only due to the aforementioned plea deal with lenient Israeli authorities? Can you answer which is worse? Raping women, and sexually harassing the ones who weren't raped (Israeli president for 7 years, Moshe Katsav), or writing a defective theses twenty years ago, containing translations, while citing all sources for them in the bibliography. recommended reading, about the rapist president, currently serving time in prison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Katsav warning to the comments moderator: If you remove my comment again without explanation, I will repost it to many different websites, where Adam LeBor's name is mentioned. I am also awaiting the response, from Adam LeBor.
füst
2012. április 02. 20:47
Even in Hungary? Te ló fejű itt élő egzisztencia!
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