Overview
- Magyar said on Monday after a meeting at Sándor Palace that he will instruct Tisza lawmakers to begin constitutional amendment procedures to remove President Tamás Sulyok after a May 31 deadline for resignation expired.
- Magyar's Tisza party won a two‑thirds parliamentary majority in the April election, a margin that lets it alter the constitution without opposition consent and should allow a removal process to proceed quickly.
- Sulyok declined to step down and his office said calls for his resignation undermine the authority of the presidency, while he has requested a legal assessment of the dispute from the Venice Commission.
- Although mostly ceremonial, the Hungarian presidency must sign laws and can refer parliamentary bills to the constitutional court, powers Magyar and supporters say could be used to delay or block the new government's reforms.
- The move to oust Sulyok is part of Magyar's pledge to remove Orbán‑era appointees and could speed institutional changes, affect Hungary's efforts to unlock EU funds, and prompt legal and diplomatic review by European bodies.