Hungary’s Magyar to amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok
Magyar wants citizens to have more say in choosing the president and says the proposed amendment would also let lawmakers remove other state leaders.
- 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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The Prime Minister announced that President Tamás Sulyok will be removed from office through an amendment to the Constitution. We analyze Monday's parliament and the clash over Tamás Sulyok with media researcher Veronika Kövesdi and political journalist Balázz Cseke of Telex.
The newly appointed Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar wants to amend the country's constitution to oust President Tamás Sulyok. Even before taking office, Magyar was mounting pressure to remove the president appointed by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Because Sulyok is not stepping down voluntarily, Magyar says he now intends to try this method.
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