Posted on 07/18/2026 3:03:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Hungary's new prime minister says he's enacting the will of the people by doing everything in his power to oust his predecessor's allies.
Parliament on Monday approved a constitutional amendment that will allow the government to fire President Tamas Sulyok, who Prime Minister Péter Magyar calls a "puppet" of former prime minister Viktor Orbán.
It's part of a broader package of reform aimed at dismantling the political system Orbán left behind, and removing his allies from positions of power.
Some human rights advocates have accused Magya of trampling over due process and rule-of-law in his rush to usher in Hungary's post-Orbán era.
Others, however, say that tough times call for tough actions.
"We are really in a transition. I personally think that this transition requires extraordinary measures," András Baka, former head of Hungary's Supreme Court, told As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal.
"We are on the right track to re-establish our former rule-of-law state, and I think it's a great development."
Baka was fired from his role in the country's top court in 2012 after speaking out against Orbán's judicial reforms.
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Turning your brain off before you vote is a very bad idea
Suckers.
And just like that, those cheering on Magyar are nowhere to be found.
“ Some human rights advocates have accused…”
Classic MSM. The “some have said” ruse.
Yep we had a bunch of fools here who claimed Magya is not a Soros/EU stooge when that is exactly what he is.
The president is elected. He simply has no grounds to remove him. If Orban did something like this, the EU and all the globalists in America would be screaming “fascist” and “tyrant” and talking about how he was trampling on democratic norms.
How long until Hungary is flooded with rapefugees?
Weeks
Magyar was running under the banner of “Defending Democracy”, but first thing he does is destroying the constitution!
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