Magyar Vows Constitutional Purge of Orbán Appointees, Including President, After Winning 2/3 Majority
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Updated · Financial Times · Jun 1
Magyar Vows Constitutional Purge of Orbán Appointees, Including President, After Winning 2/3 Majority
10 articles · Updated · Financial Times · Jun 1
Péter Magyar said his government will rewrite Hungary’s constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok and other Orbán-era officeholders, calling them unworthy “puppets” of the former leader.
Sulyok, elected in 2024, rejected Magyar’s demand to resign and said he would challenge any ouster attempt, potentially seeking an opinion from the Venice Commission on constitutional grounds.
Magyar’s two-thirds parliamentary majority gives him the numbers to amend the constitution, and he has also targeted the Constitutional Court chief, the State Audit Office and the media regulator.
Sulyok said he would still sign laws needed to meet EU rule-of-law conditions agreed last week, a step tied to unlocking more than €16 billion in frozen funds.
The clash tests how quickly Hungary’s new government can dismantle institutions built under Viktor Orbán while preserving central bank independence, which Magyar said remains “sacrosanct.”
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