The Budapest Municipal Court has fined Előd Novák, a lawmaker of the Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) party, to 1.1 million forints (EUR 2,690) for various instances of removing rainbow flags and defacing a poster connected to LGBTQ issues.
Hungarian opposition lawmaker fined
The municipal court rejected the first-instance court’s decision to sentence Novák also on criminal damage charges, but left the fine in place.
During 2020, Novák removed rainbow flags from the municipal building of the 11th district, a cultural centre there, and the Budapest Town Hall. He was reprimanded by court for the latter earlier. A year earlier, Novák poured paint on a poster which he said was “connected with LGBTQ propaganda”, and defended himself by saying he had been expressing his opinion through his actions.
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