BackThe Interpellations (1949-1990) dataset contains information about each interpellation introduced during 1949-1990.
Interpellation stayed an important part of Hungarian legislative work during the socialist regime (although no interpellation was introduced from 1949 to 1956). The presentation of the interpellation by the MP were followed by the ministerial response, and the reply of MP. The plenary session voted whether to accept the ministerial answer or, alternatively, redirect the question to a committee for further examination. Based on the concept of unification of branches of power the number interpellatable offices increased, and reached a much higher level than which we can find in Western democracies (Council of Ministers, its chairman and members, Presidential Council, state prosecutor, chairman of the Supreme Court, secretaries of state).
The database includes the following main variables: the title of the interpellation (complete_title), the name of the introducer (introducer), the number of introducers (nr_introducers), the date the interpellation was passed by the House (date_passed_House) and the policy topic of the interpellation (majortopicand subtopic).
Database: Downloadable XLSX; Online version
Codebook: Downloadable PDF; Online version
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