# Claim 406

Hungary's justice minister said critics of the emergency powers should apologize once they ended.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Hungary's justice minister said critics of the emergency powers should apologize once they ended.
- Field: status
- Value: Government says decree powers will end June 20, 2020
- About: [incident 2020-hungary-coronavirus-fake-news-law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-hungary-coronavirus-fake-news-law)
- Source: Hungary govt says PM's power to rule by decree to end on June 20. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/5/26/hungary-govt-says-pms-power-to-rule-by-decree-to-end-on-june-20
- Publisher: Al Jazeera
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-05-26

## Quotation from the source

> We expect [our critics] to apologise for waging a smear campaign instead of cooperating

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/406. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.