The amendment would introduce a strict eight-year limit for prime ministers
BUDAPEST – Péter Magyar, Hungary’s prime minister, has submitted its first constitutional amendment, proposing retroactive term limits for prime ministers and a sweeping state takeover of university foundations in a bid to unlock frozen EU funds.
The amendment – submitted on Wednesday evening by Tisza MPs including Magyar’s brother-in-law Márton Melléthei-Barna – would introduce a strict eight-year limit for prime ministers.
Crucially, the restriction would apply retroactively to all mandates served since 1990 – effectively barring Viktor Orbán, the former prime minister, who governed for a combined 20 years, from ever returning to office.
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