US EditionHungary’s Magyar urges president to quit, vows to overhaul state media
Magyar says he will suspend public-media news broadcasts and create a new media law as his party gains a two-thirds majority.
- Peter Magyar won a landslide election victory, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule.
- Magyar is pushing for a rapid transfer of power and has urged President Tamas Sulyok to resign, calling him “unworthy.”
- Both Magyar and Sulyok indicated that the handover of government could take place as early as the first week of May.
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The winner of the parliamentary elections in Hungary, Peter the Magyar, already in his victory speech on Sunday, called on the head of state, Tamas Šuljok, to resign, only to speak about it a day later, at an international press conference.
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New Hungarian leader Magyar says pro-Orban president must resign
Newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar urged President Tamas Sulyok to resign for supporting former prime minister Viktor Orban, calling him “unworthy”.
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Viktor noted that if president refused to step down, his incoming govt would pursue legislation to remove him, along with 'all puppets nominated to top posts by the Orbán system'.
Hungary's Magyar vows to suspend state news broadcasts pending press freedom reform
BUDAPEST, April 15 (Reuters) - Hungary's election winnerPeter Magyar said on Wednesday he will suspend state media news broadcasts, which critics at home and abroad say became a government mouthpiece under Viktor Orban, and restore media freedoms after his cabinet takes power.
Hungary election winner Magyar urges President Sulyok to resign after Orban’s defeat
Hungary’s new leader Peter Magyar urges President Tamas Sulyok to resign after Viktor Orban’s defeat, warning of legal action to remove officials linked to the previous government and push institutional reforms.
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