Hungary’s Parliament Suspends Immunity for Prime Minister Magyar and Two Orbán-Era Ministers
- On Monday, Hungary's Parliament voted 139-0 to lift the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers, clearing the way for prosecutors to proceed with ongoing criminal investigations.
- Prosecutors allege former Culture Minister Balázs Hankó oversaw misuse of $53.6 million from the National Cultural Fund, while Development Minister Miklós Seszték is suspected of accepting $37.2 million in bribes tied to state contracts.
- Magyar faces investigation for alleged misdemeanor theft after he allegedly took a man's phone during a June 2024 nightclub altercation and threw it into the Danube River, with damages scarcely exceeding $300.
- Lawmakers from Fidesz and the Christian Democrats boycotted the vote, characterizing the charges against their colleagues as "political tyranny" by Magyar's government, underscoring deep partisan divisions.
- None of the officials have been indicted; immunity is designed to protect lawmakers from political persecution, and the European Parliament previously refused similar requests to suspend Magyar's immunity in September 2024.
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<p>The Hungarian Parliament removed immunity from Madyar in the case of the stolen phone 139 deputies supported the lifting of immunity from Prime Minister Peter Madyar. The case is linked to the phone he allegedly threw in the Danube.</p>
The Hungarian Prosecutor General's Office had requested last week that the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Májár and two MPs be lifted so that it could continue its investigations. The post Hungary: Parliament lifts immunity of Prime Minister Májár and two former Orbán ministers appeared first on in.gr.
Hungary's parliament on Monday lifted the legal immunity of Prime Minister Peter Magyar and two former ministers in nationalist leader Viktor Orban's administration over unrelated cases, allowing them to be investigated in separate criminal cases.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is in trouble over an incident that occurred two years ago in a nightclub. Parliament lifted Magyar's immunity in the controversial case, while the Prime Minister argues that the accusations against him are a political vendetta.
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