Magyar Announces Constitutional Amendment to Remove President Sulyok — Tisza Supermajority to Act

PM Péter Magyar announced on June 1 that his government will amend Hungary's Fundamental Law to create a framework enabling the removal of the president and other fixed-term constitutional officeholders. Magyar framed the amendment as a general constitutional mechanism — not a 'tailor-made law' targeting Sulyok personally — that would apply to any holder of a fixed-term office who loses the confidence of a parliamentary supermajority. The amendment process is expected to take approximately one month through parliament, where Tisza holds 141 of 199 seats, well above the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional changes. The announcement follows President Sulyok's and Prosecutor General Nagy's simultaneous refusal of May 31 resignation deadlines. This marks the first invocation of Tisza's constitutional majority on a structural removal mechanism since the 16th Amendment (establishing eight-year PM term limits) passed in May. Fidesz condemned the move as a violation of the constitutional separation of powers, calling it an attempt to install a loyalist in the presidential palace; Magyar's government countered that institutional continuity with Orbán-era appointees obstructs democratic transition.