Awwal 14, 1432 / April 18, 2011, SPA -- Hungary's Fidesz party pushed a new constitution through parliament on Monday, bypassing an opposition boycott over complaints the move lacked consensus and will cement Fidesz power beyond the end of its term, Reuters reported. Centre-right Fidesz, which swept to power with a two-thirds parliamentary majority in 2010, has overhauled the constitution and said this will complete a democratisation process started in 1989, when Hungary's communist regime collapsed. Only the ruling Fidesz-KDNP bloc, with 262 votes, approved the constitution, while 44 deputies voted against and one abstained. The Socialists and green liberal LMP stayed away from the vote. The far-right Jobbik party voted against the law. -- SPA
