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The constitutional amendment sets an eight-year term limit for the prime minister. The decision also affects former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who served a total of 20 years in office...
Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok, appointed during the government of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, approved a constitutional amendment on Friday that prevents Orbán from returning to the post of prime minister.
The amendment stipulates that a prime minister cannot remain in office for more than eight years. Orbán has served a total of 20 years as Hungary's prime minister. The Hungarian parliament overwhelmingly approved the constitutional change on Monday and sent it to the president for signature.
The change follows a long-standing election promise by Prime Minister Peter Magyar's government to impose term limits. The new rule will also apply to Magyar himself.
In justifying the decision, Sulyok wrote that the law, known in public opinion as the “Orban law,” is “practically unique both in Europe and globally.” Although he signed the amendment instead of sending it for review to the Constitutional Court, he assessed that the measure limits citizens’ ability to freely choose their leaders.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Magyar is trying to remove President Sulyok from office, accusing him of acting as a “puppet” of the previous regime. The new government’s efforts to break away from the Orbán era faced a setback earlier this year, when Sulyok rejected Magyar’s demand for his resignation.
According to the president, the institutional clash between the two parties has created what he has called a "constitutional crisis."
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