Magyar said ensuring the unity of the nation was one of the president's tasks, adding that presidents of the republic have been among the most popular politicians in Hungary since 1990.

"Not only is this not the case with Tamas Sulyok, he is one of the least popular," Magyar said, adding that two-thirds of Hungarian adults asked in recent polls "expect him to resign and leave".

Referring to a survey conducted by his Tisza Party, Magyar said that "seventy-two percent of respondents saying that he should resign from his office in itself makes it impossible for him to embody the unity of the nation."

The prime minister insisted that "the legal institution of the president and Sulyok's activities should be separated ... the institution has weight, the president is not merely a technician that asks the leader of the strongest party to form a government, but one that speaks on important subjects and (if he does not) his silence sends a message".

Magyar also said that "the institution was not in a good state, since it had been occupied by party stalwarts".

"The path has been lined with failed presidents, but he (Sulyok) discredited the institution once and for all," he added.

Magyar: Presidential nominee must be person who can restore prestige of institution

"We must nominate someone for president who can restore the prestige of this institution," the prime minister said in an interview with news portal Telex on Monday evening.

Peter Magyar said if President Tamas Sulyok resigns, his successor will be elected by parliament.

He added that he did not yet have a candidate for the position.

"It would send an important message if Tamas Sulyok resigned despite all the pressure and blackmail, which obviously come from the disgraced mafia boss who always hides behind women's skirts and behind a line of defence, but does not dare to sit in parliament or face up to the crimes he has committed," Magyar said.
 

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