Orbán Warns 'Tyranny Is Now Reality' as President Is Stripped of His Mandate
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Tamás Sulyok, an ally of the former prime minister, promulgated the amendment that immediately ended his term, although he denounced an “abuse of political power”; the new government defended the measure as part of the dismantling of the system built by Viktor Orban
Open tyranny has arrived in Hungary due to the actions of Prime Minister Peter Magyar and the Tisza party, the opposition party Fidesz announced, commenting on the fact that President Tamáš Šuljok signed a constitutional amendment ending his mandate.
Orbán warns 'tyranny is now reality' as president is stripped of his mandate
"The last dam has fallen — tyranny is no longer a threat, but a reality," Viktor Orbán, president of Fidesz, wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday in response to Tamás Sulyok signing the seventeenth amendment to the Basic Law, under which the incumbent president's mandate will expire on the day following the amendment's entry into force.
If this could be done with the President of the Republic, then no one will be safe tomorrow,” Viktor Orbán responded on his social media page to Tamás Sulyok’s announcement that he had signed the Tisza government’s amendment to the Fundamental Law, which also ended his mandate as head of state. The Fidesz leader wrote: “God protect Hungary!”
The former prime minister also reacted to Sulyok signing the 17th Amendment to the Fundamental Law.
The impeachment of President Tamás Sulyok shows that Viktor Orbán's fall has not disrupted Hungary's majoritarian constitutionalism. Péter Magyar uses the same tools as his predecessor, but enjoys Western indulgence thanks to his Euro-Atlantic realignment. Article published on lacittafutura.it With 139 votes in favor and six against, the Hungarian Parliament approved on July 13 the seventeenth amendment to the Fundamental Law, drafted by the qua…
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