Hungarian Parliament bans Orbán from returning to the post of Prime Minister
Kyiv • UNN
The Hungarian Parliament has limited the term of office for the Prime Minister to eight years. This effectively bans Viktor Orbán from leading the country's government again.
The Hungarian Parliament has approved amendments to the country's constitution, prohibiting the prime minister from heading the government for more than eight years. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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It is noted that in this way, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has effectively been banned from holding this office again.
Prime Minister Péter Magyar ousted Orbán from office in the April elections after 16 years of rule, winning a two-thirds majority in parliament, which allows his party to repeal or amend legislation passed by Orbán's Fidesz party, including the constitution
It is indicated that the amendment provides that a person who has previously held the office of prime minister for at least eight years "cannot be elected prime minister." This applies to terms served after May 2, 1990. Furthermore, a prime minister must leave office after eight years, or two terms.
The constitutional amendment also paves the way for the dissolution of the Sovereignty Protection Office, established by the Orbán government, which stigmatized opposition figures and journalists for serving "foreign interests"
In addition, the amendment returns to the state the founding rights of the so-called public interest asset management foundations. The Orbán government had transferred state assets worth hundreds of billions of forints to these foundations.
As a reminder
Hungary's Integrity Authority believes that the activities of officials in former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government should be investigated due to the "disappearance of billions of euros" in European Union funds.