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Hungarian President Names Budapest Judge to Lead Judiciary Office

Reuters

   BUDAPEST - Hungary's president on Monday nominated a Budapest judge to
   head the country's powerful judiciary office for the next nine years,
   amid concerns that nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban might be
   encroaching on judicial independence.

   President Janos Ader, a key Orban ally, proposed Gyorgy Barna Senyei,
   who is in charge of civil economic litigation in Hungary's capital, to
   head the National Office of the Judiciary, Ader said in a posting on
   parliament's website.

   The office decides the appointment of judges and oversees the operation
   of the courts.

   Orban has solidified his grip over most walks of Hungarian life in the
   past decade, leading to clashes with Western nations over the rule of
   law.

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