Hungary’s Magyar to amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok
Magyar says the move would take about a month and target other Orbán-era appointees as his party uses a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
- Prime Minister Magyar announced on Monday that his government will initiate constitutional amendments to remove President Tamás Sulyok after the president missed the May 31 resignation deadline, declaring, "Tamás Sulyok... has abandoned the Hungarian republic."
- On Sunday, President Tamás Sulyok refused to resign, stating he "wants to continue to cooperate with the government" while awaiting the Venice Commission's opinion regarding his case.
- The planned constitutional amendments apply to several senior officials, including Constitutional Court President Péter Polt and Supreme Court President Zs. András Varga, whose resignations were demanded by the May 31 deadline.
- Arguing the presidency must regain authority, Magyar claimed the office has been "battered in recent years by its silences" and alleged Sulyok acts as "Viktor Orbán's puppet president."
- The governing Tisza Party will discuss legal procedures with its MPs, though Magyar noted the government prefers a constitutional amendment to protect the presidency's institutional standing over existing formal removal mechanisms.
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Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, warned on the election night that he defeated ultra-conservative Viktor Orbán, on April 12, that if the senior officials appointed by his predecessor did not resign, he would stop them. Magyar stopped especially in the figure of the president, Tamás Sulyok, whom he considers a “marionette of Orbán” and whom he urged to leave “with the little dignity that remains.”
Prime Minister Magyar wants to chase Hungarian Presidents out of office because this Orbán has tolerated the anti-democratic course. Does he grasp the same means as his predecessor?
Peter Magyar will get rid of the unwelcome head of state. In Giorgia Meloni certain reforms are forbidden.The workshop of democracy in Hungary. The center-right premier Peter Magyar prepares to make a constitutional law that would send home President Tamàs Sulyok, whom he called a puppet of Orbán. Continue reading
Hungary: In the Face of the President's Refusal to Resign, Péter Magyar Will Change the Constitution
On Sunday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who took office on 9 May after a stupendous election victory, gave until midnight of that day for the president, Tamás Sulyok, to resign. The deadline for resignation ends at midnight. On Monday morning, together with the minister of justice, I will meet with the president, said the prime minister on social networks. Sulyok, Orbán's supporter, refused to leave – for which he was elected by the members of t…
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