Hungarian president resists Magyar's calls to quit, news site reports
Sulyok said Hungary’s constitution gives him no reason to step down as Magyar presses to reshape the presidency and remove Orbán-era officials.
- On Monday, Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected demands from Prime Minister Peter Magyar to resign, stating "There is currently no legal reason or constitutional justification that could justify my resignation."
- Tensions follow the April election where Magyar's TISZA party ousted former leader Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, ending a 16-year rule. Magyar has demanded resignations of officials he labels "puppets" appointed under Orban.
- Responding on Facebook on Monday, Magyar reiterated that Hungary requires a president not loyal to any political camp, describing Sulyok as a "puppet of the failed system."
- If the president refuses to step down, Magyar intends to use his party's mandate to amend the constitution and other legislation to force Sulyok from office.
- Sulyok maintains he remains faithful to his oath, while Magyar's platform promises reforms to address rule of law issues at the heart of disputes between Budapest and the European Union.
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Peter Magyar called on institutional leaders, whom he said were political servants of the previous regime, to resign by May 31st.
New Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar (Tisza) on Monday once again called on President Tamás Sulyok to resign by the end of May, calling the president a puppet in the hands of the former regime of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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Will the Fidesz-elected President, Tamás Sulyok resign?
There is currently no constitutional or legal reason for me to resign,” President Tamás Sulyok said in an interview published on index.hu on Monday, in response to Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s call on the head of state and other public officials to resign by May 31. President Tamás Sulyok unfit, unworthy, says PM Péter Magyar “I have sworn an oath to uphold the Fundamental Law and defend the constitutional order, and this oath binds me to the m…
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