Hungary’s election winner Peter Magyar said his incoming government plans to amend the country’s constitution, including the introduction of term limits that would allow any future prime minister to serve only two terms, or eight years.
Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, the Tisza Party leader made the remarks during a press conference in Budapest on Monday, one day after his party’s landslide election victory over Viktor Orban's Fidesz.
"We will have a lot of tasks... the first, to adopt the functional measures, to start Hungary's accession to the European Public Prosecutor's Office... to amend the fundamental law (constitution), and to write into it that in the future in Hungary anyone can only serve as prime minister for two terms, which is eight years."
Magyar said the constitutional changes would form part of a broader reform agenda aimed at restoring democratic standards, strengthening the rule of law and rebalancing state institutions.
The measure could have major implications for Orban, who has served multiple terms since first taking office in 1998, although Magyar did not specify whether previous mandates would be counted under the new rules.
Source: en.axar.az
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