Opinion

on Jun 07, 2007 via HVG

What a terrible injustice that only 8m of 10m Hungarians have voting rights. The under 18s are barred from political self-expression! How much more effectively the rights of children and large families could be protected if children could send their representatives to parliament, not just the adults! That many have not yet come of age, that some have not yet learned to speak need not be an obstacle. Parents could exercise their children's voting rights ? ideally, the father could vote on behalf of his sons, the mother on behalf of her daughters.

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