In a statement sent to MTI late on Saturday, Magyar said the president's reaction to his earlier call for a "real presidential address on the state of the nation" had been no more than "evasive personal insults".

According to the opposition leader it is "sad" that Sulyok was elected president "with no scientific or political achievements" and suggested that the president's "decade-long good relations" to the father of the minister heading the Prime Minister's Office had helped him to the post of Constitutional Court chief, his previous position.

Magyar said that the president's activities were "close to nil" adding that "two out of three Hungarians do not even know who he is." He insisted that while "every third Hungarian lives below the poverty line ... public services are disintegrating, health care is in a crisis, and the economy is plummeting, the president keeps a cynical silence."

While the president "fails to seek unity within the nation and neglects controls over a democratic state order ... he behaves as a party stalwart of (ruling) Fidesz," Magyar said.

Sulyok: 'Everything in its proper place' - response to Peter Magyar

President Tamas Sulyok called out opposition Tisza Party leader Peter Magyar for trying to "lecture" him on legal matters and the obligations of his position in a post on social media with the title "Everything in its proper place" on Saturday.

Responding to a statement by Magyar calling for "a real presidential speech" addressing the state of Hungary, Sulyok said the opposition party leader had repeatedly accused him of "being in arrears" in promoting the nation's interests and had sought to support that claim with "petty lies".

Sulyok warned against "illegitimate political agitation in a primitively arrogant manner" and suggested a closer reading of the constitution "that might even help one become a responsible politician".

MTI Stock Photo - for illustrative purposes only

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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