Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment on Friday, June 19, limiting the prime minister's term of office to a maximum of eight years. He announced the news in a post on Facebook. The change means that former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who led the Hungarian government in two stints for a total of 20 years, will no longer be able to return to the office of prime minister. STVR (Spravy) ↗
According to available information, Sulyok stated that he does not consider limiting the prime minister's mandate necessary and that it is not politically close to his views. At the same time, however, he noted that he found no legal grounds to refuse to sign the constitutional amendment. According to his statement, in his review he could only consider whether the procedural conditions for adopting the amendment to the basic law had been met. pravda.sk ↗
Alongside the signing of the constitutional amendment, the dispute over another of Sulyok's submissions to the Constitutional Court continues. The court was supposed to address it on Monday, but seven of the fifteen judges requested to recuse themselves from the proceedings. The court's chairman, Péter Polt, subsequently withdrew the matter from the plenary agenda. Telex ↗
The constitutional amendment thus closes off the possibility of Orbán's return to the office of prime minister, although the political consequences of the limitation will only become apparent as developments in Hungary continue. At the same time, it will be important to follow how the Constitutional Court proceedings concerning the president's own position are resolved. ta3.com ↗
Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment, Orbán can no longer be prime minister
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Orbán už nemůže být premiérem. Maďarský prezident podepsal změnu ústavy
novinky.cz
| 15:27 19.06.
Már azelőtt besült Sulyok beadványa az Alkotmánybíróságon, hogy tárgyalták volna, mivel a 15-ből 7 bíró a kizárását kérte
HVG
| 15:17 19.06.
Orbán definitívne nebude môcť byť premiérom. Prezident Sulyok podpísal novelu ústavy
aktuality.sk
| 15:16 19.06.
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