US EditionHungary’s Magyar says new government could take power at beginning of May
The TISZA party won a two-thirds majority, giving Magyar the power to rewrite the constitution and roll back Orbán-era policies.
- On Wednesday, opposition leader Peter Magyar met President Tamas Sulyok, who assured him he would be nominated as prime minister for a new government taking power in early May.
- Magyar's center-right TISZA party swept Fidesz from power on Sunday, securing a two-thirds parliamentary majority that ends Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year reign and enables constitutional changes.
- Appearing on state media for the first time in 18 months, Magyar confirmed his intent to suspend news programming, calling the service a "factory of lies" functioning as a Fidesz mouthpiece.
- Magyar demanded President Tamas Sulyok resign for being "unworthy" of the office, threatening constitutional removal of Sulyok and "all the other puppets" installed by the Orban system if he refuses.
- While Orban remains caretaker prime minister through May, Magyar is engaging with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to unlock billions of euros in frozen funding for Hungary's economy.
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After the change of power in Hungary President Sulyok - a confidant of the former Prime Minister Orban - should go. He is "unworthy of the office", said electoral winner Magyar. He also announces a media reform.
After the change of power in Hungary, President Tamás Sulyok, an Orbán confidant, is to leave – he is "unworthy of office," says the new head of government Magyar. He is now receiving unexpected praise from Washington.
Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok met today with the leader of the winning Tisza party, Peter Magyar, as part of meetings with the presidents of the three parties that entered parliament in Sunday's elections. After the conversation, the latter said that Sulyok would propose him as the prime minister-designate and that the inaugural session of the new parliament would be held on May 6 or 7.
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