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Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced the launch of a far-reaching "purge operation" in Parliament on Monday, declaring a mission to "free Hungary" from what called a "mafia" that operated under the government of Viktor Orban.
President Tamas Sulyok told Brussels-based news outlet Politico in an interview on Saturday that he would fight to stay in office, resorting to a series of legal manoeuvres, and accused Prime Minister Peter Magyar of plotting a takeover of state institutions that would give him a more absolute grip on power than former Prime Minister Viktor Orban had.
On Monday, 15 June, Parliament approved the 16th amendment to Hungary’s Fundamental Law, limiting the maximum length of a prime minister’s mandate to eight years.
Former Prime Minister Viktor Orban summed up the causes leading to his Fidesz party's defeat in the April 12 election and pledged a "full refurbishment" of the party by autumn, speaking at Fidesz's 32nd renewal congress in Budapest on Saturday.
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