Kocsis: Wednesday's incident in parliament justifies need for stricter rules

Ruling Fidesz group leader Mate Kocsis said on Wednesday that an incident earlier in the day in parliament made it clear that it was indeed necessary to amend relevant laws and house rules. Kocsis said that Peter Jakab of conservative opposition Jobbik had "arbitrarily" sat in Prime Minister Viktor Orban's seat. He condemned the "deviant and provocative behaviour" as incompatible with the operation of parliament. Referring to a recent proposal by Fidesz, he said stricter sanctions had been initiated for violators of disciplinary regulations but none of them were new. What's been prohibited in the past will remain so in the future but the fines currently in force have obviously lacked the sufficient preventative effect, he added.