Hungary parliament heads to oust new president

BUDAPEST: Hungary's parliament was set to approve a constitutional amendment on ​Monday to oust President Tamas Sulyok, who Prime Minister Peter Magyar says is a 'puppet' of former premier Viktor Orban. The legislation is part of Magyar's drive to dismantle Orban's bastions of power, for which he says he received a strong mandate from voters.
Magyar's centre-right Tisza Party ended the 16-year rule of Orban's nationalist Fidesz party with a landslide election victory in April. 'It would be a ⁠betrayal of the Hungarian nation if we did not touch this constitution,' Magyar told parliament ahead ⁠of the parliamentary vote on the amendment. 'They (Fidesz) arranged the country in such a way that one man's will became the source of legislative work... The Tisza Party won a clear, huge two-thirds mandate to dismantle this system.'
The amendment would end Sulyok's term immediately, citing society's 'serious loss of confidence' in him. Parliament would elect ​a new president until ⁠a new constitution takes effect, or for a maximum of five years. Magyar said that ​in the autumn, a 'huge joint project' with the Hungarian people would begin to draft a new constitution. — Reuters