{"id":10159,"date":"2026-07-19T02:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10159"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:54:49","slug":"hungarys-president-signs-a-constitutional-amendment-ending-his-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10159","title":{"rendered":"Hungary\u2019s president signs a constitutional amendment ending his term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) \u2014 Hungary&#8217;s president signed a constitutional amendment into law on Saturday that ends <a data-ylk=\"slk:his term in office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-constitutional-amendment-remove-president-59620a0313e402be3b2cb6db2668f2ee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">his term in office<\/a>, bringing to a close a dispute between him and the country&#8217;s new government that was seeking to oust him as part of a purge of officials appointed during the reign of Viktor Orb\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hungarian Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar, who defeated the long-serving Orb\u00e1n in a <a data-ylk=\"slk:blowout election;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">blowout election<\/a> in April, had repeatedly called on the Orb\u00e1n-appointed president, Tam\u00e1s Sulyok, to resign, arguing he had failed to live up to his role as president by neglecting to stand in the way of antidemocratic steps by Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Sulyok refused, lawmakers with Magyar&#8217;s pro-European, center-right Tisza party <a data-ylk=\"slk:passed a constitutional amendment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hungary-constitutional-amendment-remove-president-59620a0313e402be3b2cb6db2668f2ee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">passed a constitutional amendment<\/a> this week that called for an immediate end to his term. 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by removing numerous political appointees and heads of institutions viewed as having facilitated Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s autocratic government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new government suspended the news service of Hungary&#8217;s public television and radio \u2014 which Magyar has argued <a data-ylk=\"slk:served as a &quot;propaganda factory&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/spotlights\/2024\/how-hungarys-orban-uses-control-of-the-media-to-escape-scrutiny-and-keep-the-public-in-the-dark\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">served as a &#8220;propaganda factory&#8221;<\/a> for Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s party \u2014 and shuttered Hungary&#8217;s Sovereignty Protection Office, an authority seen by Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s opponents as a tool for intimidating critics and silencing independent media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The amendment which removed Sulyok also made some judicial reforms, set up an office aimed at investigating financial abuses under the Orb\u00e1n government, and imposed a 12-year term limit on lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a Facebook post on Saturday, Orb\u00e1n responded to Sulyok&#8217;s signing of the amendment by writing that &#8220;tyranny is no longer a threat, but a reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If this could be done to the president of the republic, then tomorrow no one will be safe,&#8221; 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