Monday’s ruling upheld legislative amendments passed by Parliament on June 10. Under this ruiling, the mayor of Budapest as well as 23 district mayors and nine councillors from compensation lists will make up the city assembly.
The top court, however, threw out the method of calculating votes for the nine councillors from compensation lists. The top court scrutinised the law at the initiative of opposition deputies who criticised the legislation, which eliminated the earlier system of councillors being directly elected, and which is seen by the opposition as violating the principle of equal voting rights.
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