Watch: Hungarians React to Re-Election of PM Orbán
- 5 Apr 2022 12:48 PM
Some say, 'We will probably leave the country', reports Agence France-Presse (AFP), a leading global news agency.
Some say, 'We will probably leave the country', reports Agence France-Presse (AFP), a leading global news agency.
Parliament elected Andras Baka as President of the Republic. Baka, the candidate of the ruling Tisza Party, was elected head of state with 140 votes in favour and 6 against in a secret ballot.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar, addressing MPs in parliament on Tuesday, commented on the committee investigating abuses in enforcement, vehicle fuel prices, the rule of law, public media and the presidential nomination. He also challenged his predecessor, Viktor Orban, to a debate.
Laszlo Baan, director-general of the Museum of Fine Arts, has resigned from the National Cultural Fund's (NKA) supervisory board following a 17 billion forint funding scandal, he confirmed to MTI on Thursday.
With all votes cast in the April 12 general election counted, the Tisza Party will have 141 representatives in Hungary's 199-seat parliament, giving the party a comfortable two-thirds majority with 70.85 percent, data from the National Election Office released late Saturday show.
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