Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

The Hungarian parliament has voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, who was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán who lost power in April after 16 years.

Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party used its two thirds majority to steamroll through the 17th amendment to the constitution, ending the term of Sulyok and the head of the Constitutional Court Péter Polt.

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Orbán himself has hardly been seen in public, and refused to take his seat in parliament. On Monday, he left Hungary to watch the finals of the football World Cup in the US.

There is growing anger with Orbán within what is left of Fidesz. Many feel bewildered by his absence.

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  • jangyik@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    if you let the comprised parts of governments stay as is, you will never get rid of the old fallen regime.

    i agree this is not an elegant solution but it sure is effective.

    also keep in mind that it’s just the preparation for a new process where they will literally write a new constitution from scratch, and they don’t want to deal with fidesz puppets. they need real feedback where they go wrong and Sulyok just signs everything without question…