Adoption of the Act No. 1921 : XLVII on the Extinction of the Ruler Rights of Charles IV and Succession to the Throne of the House of Habsburg in Hungary by National Assembly in November 1921
Abstract
Due to two restoration attempts of ex-Emperor Charles I Habsburg in Hungary in spring and in autumn 1921, the Hungarian government headed by Count István Bethlen was forced to proceed to dethrone the Habsburgs under international political pressure in which the Czechoslovak diplomacy headed by Edvard Beneš played a significant role. The Prime Minister submitted the draft act on cancellation of ruler rights of Charles IV and of succession to the throne of the House of Habsburgs in Hungary to the National Assembly on 3 November 1921 with the request for its accelerated discussion.
Therefore the first, second and third reading of the governmental draft of the act took place on the subsequent three days, and the Act was passed by the National Assembly on 6 November 1921 already. The majority voting for passing of the governmental draft of the dethronement act included not only the supporters of free election of the king, e.g. the deputies of the governmental Statewide Smallholder and Agrarian Party (Országos Kisgazda- és Földműves Párt; OKgFP), but also the deputies of the governmental Party of Christian-National Union (Keresztény Nemzeti Egyesülés Pártja; KNEP), i.e. of a party that was not distinctively anti-Habsburg party.
The debate of the governmental draft of dethronement act in the National Assembly was accompanied by expressions of disagreement with interference of foreign countries in internal political affairs of Hungary. Also Prime Minister Bethlen condemned officially, in the Parliament setting, the effort of interfering in internal affairs of Hungary.
But, in order to preserve stability and peace in Central Europe, he stressed the necessary of realistic and constructive, i.e. peace policy of Hungary. The passed act was published in the Collection of Acts under number 1921 : XLVII on 7 November 1921.