BUDAPEST, July 13. /TASS/. Hungary’s National Assembly (unicameral parliament) will begin proceedings to remove President Tamas Sulyok from office, if he does not sign the bill on the 17th amendment to the Constitution, which envisages his resignation, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in connection with the parliament's plans to vote on the document, drafted by the government, on Monday.
The draft 17th amendment will likely be approved by parliament, where Magyar's Tisza party holds more than two-thirds of the votes. The prime minister noted that the head of state will then, by law, have five days to sign the bill.
"If Sulyok does not sign the amendment to the fundamental law, which will be adopted today, within five days, the National Assembly will initiate impeachment proceedings against him. After that, according to the Constitution, the president will no longer be able to exercise his powers, and the speaker of the National Assembly will be able to sign the law," Magyar wrote on his Facebook page (banned in Russia, owned by the Meta corporation, which is considered extremist in Russia).
He did not use the word "impeachment", but was referring specifically to this procedure, which parliament can initiate against the president, if he commits serious crimes such as treason, gross violation of the Constitution, or corruption. Magyar did not specify what wrongdoing Sulyok might be incriminated in.
