Hungarian lawmakers are set to vote on changing the constitution on Monday to oust the president, as Prime Minister Péter Magyar pushes to loosen nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán's grip on the country.
Magyar, who won a landslide victory in April on the promise of "regime change" from Orbán's 16-year rule, has accused unpopular President Tamás Sulyok and other top state officials of being his predecessor's "puppets."
His push to remove Sulyok comes as the pro-European conservative rushes to undo the concentration of power that marked Orbán's self-styled "illiberal" premiership, which won praise from US President Donald Trump but was widely viewed as corrupt.
Orbán's Fidesz party staged a protest last week, denouncing Magyar's proposed 12-point amendment as "autocratic," a charge often levelled against the former leader during his tenure.
But rights watchdogs have also criticised the move.
