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Tisza Party Aims to Cut Two-Thirds Majority Risk in Election Overhaul
Tisza's legal chief told 24.hu the party wants a proportional system that would make it harder for a single party to win the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution. The reform would follow a new constitution and referendum.
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The Tisza Party plans to pass a new election law within 1.5 to 2 years, aiming to create a more proportional system that would sharply reduce the chance of any single party winning a two-thirds parliamentary majority, the party's legal chief told 24.hu.
Márton Melléthei-Barna, the party's legal director and deputy caucus leader, said the reform would come after the adoption of a new constitution, which the party expects to confirm via referendum. The current system, with its winner-compensation mechanism and postal voting, distorts results and fails to ensure equal political competition, he said.
Melléthei-Barna said the new rules would be designed to "with good odds exclude" the possibility of any party again securing a supermajority.