Hungary's parliament, at an extraordinary session on Monday, stripped Prime Minister Péter Magyar and former ministers in Viktor Orbán's government, Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták, of their parliamentary immunity. 139 MPs voted in favor of the decision, none voted against, and no one abstained. Telex ↗
Magyar is facing an investigation over an incident from 2024. He is accused of taking a phone from a man who was filming him with it in a nightclub, and then throwing it into the Danube. According to available information, the prime minister himself requested that his immunity be lifted so he could answer before the courts. Le Figaro ↗
Hankó, who previously served as minister of culture and innovation, may face investigation on suspicion of embezzlement. Critics attribute to him possible unauthorized allocation of grants from the National Cultural Fund for campaign purposes. It was stated in parliament that he may have violated Hungarian law in 1,079 cases and mismanaged 17 billion forints of public funds.
Seszták, a former minister of development and MP for the KDNP, visited the prosecutor's office to testify after parliament's decision. According to his lawyer, he was later detained. HVG ↗
The lifting of immunity allows investigative authorities to continue investigating all three politicians and to carry out actions that had until now been restricted by parliamentary protection. The case is thus moving into the next phase of the investigation. aktuality.sk ↗
Hungarian Parliament Strips Magyar and Two Former Ministers of Immunity
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Maďarský parlament riešil imunitu premiéra Magyara aj voľbu nového prokurátora
aktuality.sk
| 11:28 28.09.
Maďarský parlament na mimoriadnej schôdzi rozhodol o zbavení poslaneckej imunity premiéra Pétera Magyara.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 11:13 28.09.
Hungarian Parliament suspends immunity for PM Magyar and two Orbán-era ministers
Telex
| 11:43 28.09.
Hongrie : le Parlement lève l’immunité de Peter Magyar et de ministres de l’ère Orban
Le Figaro
| 11:39 28.09.
Ungarns Parlament hob Immunität von Premier Magyar auf
ORF
| 10:58 28.09.
Ungarisches Parlament hob Immunität von Premier Magyar auf
Der Standard
| 10:53 28.09.
Magyar Péter nem finomkodott a parlamenti döntés után, Orbán Viktor egykori minisztereinek üzent
Index.hu
| 10:31 28.09.
Maďarský parlament zbavil imunity premiéra Magyara a dva exministry Orbánovy vlády
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| 10:01 28.09.
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