These points are bound to be approved by the legislature, given that the prime minister’s Tisza Party won an overwhelming parliamentary majority in April.
In a nearly hour-long speech to parliament last month, Magyar announced “Operation Purifying Fire” to root out what he called the “Orbán mafia.” He said that “we will free our country from the economic and political mafia.”
“I consider this my main task,” Magyar said.
The prime minister had demanded the president’s resignation immediately after winning the national election. Sulyok, a little-known judge, was elevated to the presidency in 2024 after his predecessor, Katalin Novák, stepped down due to her implication in a child sexual abuse scandal.
But Sulyok has since vowed not to leave office. His presidential term ends in 2029.
The European Commission has promised to free up billions of euros in EU funds if Magyar enacts sweeping reforms of Hungary’s judiciary, anti-corruption safeguards and public procurement.
According to local media, Magyar said that rebuilding Hungary cannot begin with the country’s most important constitutional dignitary remaining the same person who had “championed the government that dismantled the rule of law.”
And according to the same reports, the prime minister also announced that the new President of the Republic would be elected by the National Assembly, expected to happen as early as this summer.
Source:
www.politico.eu