crucial aspect of Fidesz’s

Securing the loyalty of the president of the republic was another crucial aspect of Fidesz’s strategy. Although the role of president is largely symbolic, the office signs laws into effect and has the right to challenge the constitutionality of legislation passed by parliament. After the mandate of President Laszlo Solyom, an independent legal scholar and former Constitutional Court justice, ended in 2010, Fidesz nominated and with its two-thirds majority elected Pal Schmitt, at that time a Fidesz MEP. Schmitt showed great loyalty to his party and refrained from using his control functions as president ufabet