The political landscape in Hungary has shifted dramatically as Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party flexed its two-thirds parliamentary majority to pass the 17th amendment to the constitution.
This sweeping legislative package forces the removal of President Tamás Sulyok and the head of the Constitutional Court, Péter Polt, effectively purging loyalists of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The amendment also imposes mandatory retirement for Constitutional Court judges over 70 and institutes term limits that disqualify a significant portion of the opposition Fidesz party’s current deputies.
While the new government frames these moves as necessary to dismantle the influence of the previous administration, Fidesz deputies walked out of the chamber, condemning the actions as the construction of a new tyranny that grants the state arbitrary power to dismiss public officials at will.
As the country faces a potential constitutional crisis, the Tisza party continues to consolidate its grip, signaling a total departure from the Fidesz era.
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