Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok to step down after parliament votes to oust him

Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has agreed to step down, signing a constitutional amendment that will end his presidency at midnight on Sunday, according to the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po).

Prime Minister Péter Magyar's Tisza party steamed the law change through parliament to oust Sulyok, who is widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, the long-serving leader who lost power in April after 16 years, the BBC reports (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po).

Sulyok had five days to sign the amendment or risk a protracted constitutional crisis and impeachment proceedings. He confirmed he would accept the change as the Saturday-evening deadline passed, but accused Magyar's government of violating the rule of law, calling the amendment a "breaking point in Hungarian constitutional democracy," per the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po).

Orbán described the amendment as an act of tyranny and called for protests. Since the April election his Fidesz party has been in free fall, with Orbán himself hardly seen in public and refusing to take his seat in parliament, according to the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po).

András Baka, former head of Hungary's Supreme Court, told the BBC he agreed with the removal of the president, arguing that Fidesz reshaped the Hungarian state between 2010 and 2026 into an "authoritarian state" designed to survive even after electoral defeat (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po).

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