Hungary’s parliament voted to halt the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, reversing a move launched by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Pro-EU leader Peter Magyar pushed the repeal through parliament ahead of the June 2 deadline, signaling renewed support for the Hague-based tribunal. Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to cancel the European country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court set in motion by former nationalist premier Viktor Orban last year.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won a landslide electoral victory in April, vowed he would reverse the year-long exit process before it takes effect on June 2. The 199-member parliament voted 133 for, 37 against with five abstentions to formally repeal a law on exiting the ICC, just ahead of the deadline. Magyar submitted the bill on Monday and rushed it through legislature in a fast-track procedure. It is up to President Tamas Sulyok, an Orban-ally, to sign the legislation into law. The ICC’s legislative body hailed an “important decision” after the government announced last Friday it would discontinue the process of withdrawal. Orban announced Hungary’s withdrawal last year, decrying the tribunal as a “political court”, while hosting his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2024, ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes -- including starvation as a method of warfare -- in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, prompting US sanctions against top judges and prosecutors.