[FRIAM] Indefinite Emergency Powers

[Jochen Fromm]

Hungary's authoritarian leader Orban wants to get indefinite emergency powers to fight the Virus.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/hungary-s-orban-seeks-indefinite-emergency-powers-in-virus-billIt reminds Germans of the "enabling act" 1933 which Hitler used to grab power. This law granted the leader the power to enact laws without the involvement of the parliament, and made him a dictator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933Trump will try something similar - a bill or amendment to the constitution that grants him indefinite and unlimited powers. Officially to fight the disease and to protect Americans. In reality to protect himself. Once he has this emergency powers, he will never give them back.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023-J.
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