Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal

What the report says

BBC World News reported that Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has agreed to leave office after signing a constitutional amendment that will terminate his presidency at midnight on Sunday. According to the BBC, Sulyok, widely viewed as aligned with former prime minister Viktor Orbán, had until Saturday evening to accept the measure or face the prospect of impeachment and a drawn-out constitutional standoff.

The amendment was pushed through parliament by Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party, which won power in April after 16 years of Orbán-led Fidesz rule. The BBC said the law, passed on Monday with a large majority, cites a “serious loss of confidence” in Sulyok. It also removes the head of the Constitutional Court and bars members of parliament who have served three terms from running again, a restriction that would affect many Fidesz deputies.

Sulyok said he had no constitutional way to challenge the change, but accused Magyar’s government of undermining the rule of law and Hungarian constitutional democracy. Orbán denounced the amendment as tyrannical and called for protests, while Tisza lawmakers applauded the vote in parliament.

The confrontation matters because it is part of a wider institutional reset after Orbán’s defeat. The BBC noted that Fidesz had used its long-held two-thirds majority to reshape state institutions and place allies in key posts. Former Supreme Court head András Baka told the BBC he supported Sulyok’s removal, arguing that dismantling an entrenched authoritarian system after an election defeat is difficult.