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The Hungarian parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would remove Tamás Sulyok, who was appointed under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, from his position.
Written by: Al Jazeera staff and Reuters
The Hungarian parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás Sulyok from his largely ceremonial position, the latest move aimed at eliminating the power of figures linked to former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The measure, passed on Monday by 139 votes to just six, would immediately end Sulyok's term in office and pave the way for parliament to elect a new president.
Hungarians voted out right-wing nationalist Orbán in April, and the new prime minister, Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party, won a landslide victory. The election result ended 16 years of rule by Orbán’s Fidesz party, which had brought much of the country under its control.
Since his victory, Magyar has sought to erode that power, including removing the current president. The constitutional amendment also introduces judicial reforms, creates a body to investigate alleged financial abuses under the previous government, and imposes a 12-year term limit on lawmakers.
Sulyok now has five days to sign the constitutional amendment passed by parliament. Péter Magyar stated that parliament will initiate constitutional impeachment proceedings against Sulyok if he does not sign it.
The President of the Republic and other members of Fidesz boycotted Monday's parliamentary session.
The overthrow of the old order
Parliament elected Sulyok, a former president of the Constitutional Court, in February 2024. He was nominated to replace Katalin Novák, who resigned after granting clemency to a man convicted of covering up sexual abuse of children.
But just days after Péter Magyar’s center-right Tisza Party won a two-thirds parliamentary supermajority in April, the new prime minister declared Sulyok „unworthy of embodying the unity of the nation” and demanded that he step down from office as soon as a new government was formed.
In June, after the deadline to resign expired, Péter Magyar called the president a „puppet” of Orbán and promised to remove him and other officials who remained in office through constitutional means. Weeks later, he presented a reform program, dubbed „Operation Clean Fire,” aimed at introducing a new constitution, cleaning up state institutions, and creating an anti-corruption agency.
Although the presidency is largely symbolic, he has the power to approve laws and send them to the Constitutional Court for review, raising fears that Sulyok could use his presidential powers to obstruct the Tisza Party's ambitious reform agenda.
