Hungarian Minority Party Urges Ruling Democrat Liberals To Find Ways For Adoption Of Education Bill

Marko also said Saturday, at the end of the party's standing council meeting, that the ruling coalition is faced with a crisis now, which questions its cohesion and solidarity.

Marko, who is also the country's deputy prime minister, pointed out his party joined the ruling coalition for the purpose of a common governing program, namely, to tackle the problems caused by the economic crisis, to continue the country's reformation, which is of utmost importance for the entire society, and also to extend minorities' rights. He underscored that hindering the adoption of the education system reform bill means jeopardizing both the country's reformation and the extension of minorities' rights. He went on saying the three desiderata "are absolutely necessary for his party to remain in the ruling coalition".

Marko stressed his party will leave the coalition unless democrat liberals find a way out of this situation in order to pass the education bill into law.

The Constitutional Court Wednesday acknowledged a legal conflict on constitutional grounds between the Government and Parliament over the education bill, which the Executive pulled from the Senate and sought to adopt through a confidence vote.

The court ruling was hailed by the opposition but upset the Hungarian minority party, which has threatened to leave the ruling coalition unless progress is made regarding minorities' rights. The education bill allows national minorities to take all school subjects, except Romanian language and literature, in their mother tongue.

The Government has said it will consult with the Parliament about procedures to pass the education law, but is waiting for the Constitutional Court to motivate its ruling first.

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