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Hungary's President, Tamás Sulyok, has agreed to step down after signing a constitutional amendment approved by the parliamentary majority of the Tisza party, led by Prime Minister Péter Magyar.
The amendment immediately ends Sulyoku's term, arguing that he has lost "the trust of society." The president was elected in early 2024 by deputies from former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's nationalist Fidesz party.
Sulyok stated that he was obliged to sign the law, as he respects the Constitution and legal procedures. However, he warned that the changes harm the rule of law in Hungary.
"The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution marks a turning point for Hungary's constitutional democracy. The removal of public officials in a manner that openly violates the rule of law sets a negative precedent and undermines democratic values, the separation of powers and the constitutional order," he said.
The changes are part of Prime Minister Péter Magyar's efforts to dismantle the structures of influence set up by Viktor Orbán after the Tisza party won a landslide victory in April's parliamentary elections.
Orbán reacted sharply to the reform, writing on Facebook that "tyranny is no longer a threat, but a reality." According to him, "if this can happen to the president, tomorrow no one will be safe."
After its election defeat, the Fidesz party has faced the resignation of prominent figures and a decline in public support.
Parliament, where the Tisza party enjoys a two-thirds majority that allows it to change the Constitution, will elect a new president, who will remain in office until the new Constitution enters into force or for a maximum five-year term.
Prime Minister Magyar announced that, until the election of a new president, the Speaker of the Parliament, Ágnes Forsthoffer, will temporarily exercise the office of head of state.
The constitutional amendment also provides for a 12-year limit on MPs' mandates and sets the retirement age at 70 for Constitutional Court judges, which would also force the current president of this court, Péter Polt, an ally of Orbán, to leave office.
Magyar had long called for Sulyok's resignation, accusing him of not representing national unity and of acting in the interests of Viktor Orbán and his government.
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