Gulyas: Budapest demo 'illegitimate'

The demonstration in Budapest on Wednesday night against parliament's changes to overtime regulations were "illegitimate", where "aggressive political activists" also participated, Gergely Gulyas, the Prime Minister's Office chief, told a regular press conference on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, parliament voted to extend the period employers may account overtime for the purpose of calculating wages and rest days from twelve months to three years, and to raise the upper threshold for annual overtime from 250 to 400 hours. Regarding the opposition blocking the house speaker's dais and obstructing proceedings with loud whistling and jeering in a bid to thwart the vote, Gulyas said that they "made themselves ridiculous". The ruling majority preserved parliament's dignity by ensuring lawful and constitutional operations, he said.