Viktor Orbán's Fidesz is calling for protests after Prime Minister Péter Magyar filed a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás S
...remove President Tamás Sulyok. Hungary's opposition Fidesz party has called for a demonstration on Thursday after Prime Minister Péter Magyar submitted a constitutional amendment to remove the country's president, Tamás Sulyok. Magyar, who won a landslide victory in April's election, ending Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power, has repeatedly called for the removal of the official appointed by his predecessor, whom he calls "Orbán's puppet". Magyar's amendment, filed on Saturday, states that "the mandate of the incumbent President of the Republic shall terminate on the day following the entry into force of the amendment to the Fundamental Law". The governing Tisza Party holds a supermajority in parliament, meaning the amendment is expected to pass. According to sources in the Hungarian parliament, the vote could take place as early as next week, but this has not been officially confirmed. The constitutional changes would also remove four constitutional judges by setting their retirement age at 70, and limit parliamentary deputies to a 12-year mandate. President Sulyok has said he has no intention of resigning, describing Magyar's move as a threat to democracy.
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Sulyok was appointed, not elected. His removal would enhance democracy, not threaten it.