Hungary's President Sulyok Signs Constitutional Amendment Ending His Own Term

Hungary's President Sulyok Signs Constitutional Amendment Ending His Own Term

Hungary's parliament, where PM Péter Magyar's Tisza party holds a two-thirds supermajority, passed a constitutional amendment immediately ending President Tamás Sulyok's term. Sulyok signed it himself. Magyar had called him an Orbán-era "puppet." Human Rights Watch said the move echoed the Fidesz era — when Orbán's party similarly dominated institutions.

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