Magyar files constitutional amendment to fire Orbán-allied president – POLITICO
by Jacopo Barigazzi · POLITICOHungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Saturday filed a 12-point proposal to amend the constitution aimed at ousting President Tamás Sulyok and to reduce the influence of the previous administration of Viktor Orbán.
One of the key points in the proposal that Magyar announced on social media is the “termination of the current president’s term of office.”
Other points include a three-term limit for members of the national parliament, the introduction of a more independent Constitutional Court, and a 70-year age limit for judges to serve, as well as the establishment of a National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office, to recover funds misappropriated during Orban’s rule. The current president of the court, Péter Polt, is 70, so the change would effectively end his term.