1,000 Protesters Rally for Sulyok as Hungary Parliament Prepares Removal Vote
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 9
1,000 Protesters Rally for Sulyok as Hungary Parliament Prepares Removal Vote
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 9
Summary
About 1,000 people gathered outside President Tamas Sulyok’s office in Budapest on Thursday to oppose a parliamentary move to remove him.
Viktor Orban had urged supporters to protest his successor’s bid to oust the head of state, but he did not appear at the rally and was not scheduled to speak.
The modest turnout highlighted Orban’s weakened political pull less than three months after his landslide election defeat.
Parliament is now set to vote on Sulyok’s removal, putting the protest in the shadow of an imminent institutional test.