Hungarys Parliament votes to oust President Sulyok, overhaul Orbán-era system
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Hungarys Parliament votes to oust President Sulyok, overhaul Orbán-era system
Hungary's government moves to remove President Sulyok in constitutional purge
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Hungary's Parliament voted on Monday to pass a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office and introduce a series of political reforms aimed at dismantling the political system of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The amendment passed with 139 votes in favor and six against in the 199-member Parliament.
The vote was boycotted by lawmakers from Orbán's far-right Fidesz party. Prime Minister Péter Magyar and his pro-European, center-right Tisza party hold a two-thirds majority in Parliament, allowing them to make constitutional changes and roll back many of the policies implemented by Orbán during his 16 years in power.
The constitutional amendment, which has the stated purpose of "restoring rule-of-law democracy," also includes judicial reforms, the establishment of an office to investigate financial abuses under the previous government, and a 12-year term limit for lawmakers. President Sulyok has five days to sign the amendment for it to become law. If he does not, Tisza has vowed to launch an impeachment procedure against him.
Prime Minister Magyar has argued that Sulyok failed to live up to his role as president by neglecting to stand in the way of antidemocratic steps by Orbán’s government. Magyar promised repeatedly to remove Sulyok during the election campaign and points to his party’s big win as a clear mandate from voters to fulfill that promise.
Sulyok has resisted Magyar’s calls to resign. Following the vote, Magyar told a news conference that with the passage of the amendment, his government had "started the transformation of the Orbán legal system." He added, "With this vote today, we have closed an era. We asked for and received a completely clear mandate from the Hungarian people to do this."
The amendment would simply remove Sulyok from office, meaning that Parliament would elect a new president. It also would make some judicial reforms, set up an office aimed at investigating financial abuses under the Orbán government, and impose a 12-year term limit on lawmakers.
Fidesz has argued that the amendment is an "unprecedented" assault on Hungary’s democratic order and staged a protest against the changes last week, which drew around 3,000 people but which Orbán did not attend.
Sulyok has not said whether he will sign the amendment. He has previously resisted calls to resign and has asked the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe for a legal assessment of the reform.
The constitutional amendment is part of Magyar's broader reform agenda, which includes the creation of a new constitution and the purging of state institutions of figures associated with the previous government. Magyar has described the current constitution as "the founding document of the Hungarian Cosa Nostra built by Fidesz–KDNP."
In his speech before the vote, Magyar listed several cases in which Sulyok had allegedly failed to defend the constitution, including instances where police proceedings and secret-service surveillance were launched against IT experts from the Tisza Party on fabricated charges.
The amendment also establishes a precedent that could enable similar removals in the future. On the day after the amendment enters into force, Sulyok's mandate will end, and thereafter, Parliament will elect a head of state to serve until the new constitution takes effect, but for no more than five years.
The constitutional amendment is the latest move by Magyar's government to dismantle the power structures established by Orbán during his 16 years in power. Since taking office in April, Magyar has sought to erode that power, including by removing the current president.
The amendment passed with 139 votes in favor and six against, with 54 MPs not taking part in the vote. The members of the Tisza party and the government stood and applauded after the vote, while representatives of the Fidesz and KDNP parties did not participate in the vote.
In response to the vote, Sulyok has not yet indicated whether he will sign the amendment or refer it to the Constitutional Court. If he does not sign it within five days, Parliament will launch an impeachment procedure against him.
The constitutional amendment is seen as a key step in Magyar's plan to replace figures associated with the previous government and to establish a new political order in Hungary.
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