The opposition parties are turning to the Constitutional Court over the law putting the operation of several universities into asset management foundations, the parties said in a statement on Thursday.
The law on public interest asset management foundations, which the parliament approved on Tuesday, lists a total of 32 foundations, of which 21 will be in charge of running higher education institutions. The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, Socialist and Parbesz茅d parties have asked the court to annul the law and they called on the government to 鈥渟top ransacking the country鈥�. The statement called it 鈥渦nacceptable that the Orb谩n government, fearing an election defeat in 2022, is handing public funds to its strawmen.鈥�
Regarding the government鈥檚 argument that universities would enjoy greater autonomy in the new system while their financial independence would remain guaranteed, the statement noted that the 鈥渂est universities in Europe are state-owned鈥�. 鈥淭his is nothing other than a money and power grab,鈥� it said.
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