President Solyom to recruit for network of green presidents
Hungary's President Laszlo Solyom revealed his plans to set up a network of "green presidents", or heads of state who act in unison in environmental issues, in an interview to CNN World Report aired late on Saturday US local time.
Solyom, who was elected president in the summer through the nomination of an NGO called Protect the Future, said he has had the secret plan for some time to recruit presidents who feel responsibility for the environment and for future generations to join a green network.
In the interview, the reporter described Solyom, a former constitutional court judge, as a president with a new voice, who advocates human rights and green issues and who is politically independent, having been nominated by an NGO rather than a political party.
Solyom mentioned the 50th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 revolution next year, which he said would be a good opportunity to draw the world's attention to Hungary as a country of freedom.
Not long after he took office, Solyom participated in a protest walk organised by environmentalist groups on Zengo peak, a nature reserve site in S Hungary, where a NATO radar had originally been intended to be built, the CNN reporter said.
(MTI)
In the interview, the reporter described Solyom, a former constitutional court judge, as a president with a new voice, who advocates human rights and green issues and who is politically independent, having been nominated by an NGO rather than a political party.
Solyom mentioned the 50th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 revolution next year, which he said would be a good opportunity to draw the world's attention to Hungary as a country of freedom.
Not long after he took office, Solyom participated in a protest walk organised by environmentalist groups on Zengo peak, a nature reserve site in S Hungary, where a NATO radar had originally been intended to be built, the CNN reporter said.
(MTI)