Politico reported that according to Sulyok, Magyar is abusing his parliamentary supermajority more brazenly than Orban ever did.
 

Sulyok added that this makes it his duty to remain in office to safeguard democratic norms and the separation of powers between the parliament and the presidency.

"No [parliamentary] majority can grant authorisation to disregard the rule of law and European values," Sulyok said of Magyar’s efforts to oust him, Politico reported.

He added that Magyar's Tisza party "wants to achieve a greater concentration of power in 16 weeks than [Orban’s party] Fidesz did in 16 years, because in fact it wants to replace all the public officials elected by the previous parliament."

The full article can be read here

Magyar: President 'must go' over 'failed constitutional coup'

Friday's decision by members of the Constitutional Court signals that President Tamas Sulyok and Constitutional Court head Peter Polt "must leave", Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook video late on Friday, adding that "the attempt by Sulyok and people behind him for a constitutional coup has failed."

The prime minister noted that Sulyok had petitioned the top court aimed at "saving his own position and salary of a monthly 6 million forints" but constitutional judges "said no to the coup attempt and clearly sent him his marching orders".

The prime minister said it was "unprecedented" that "the vast majority of the Hungarian nation, the former head of the supreme court, dozens of noted legal experts and now even the constitutional judges unanimously demand that the president should leave."

"A puppet of (former PM) Viktor Orban was looking to another puppet for protection but contrary to his scheming ... the constitutional judges did not confirm his position but gave him the coup de grace," Magyar said.

Sulyok, a former head of the Constitutional Court, "should have known the boundaries of the court ... he should have know that the Constitutional Court is not a political shelter for the public dignitaries of a failed regime, not even if Peter Polt is the incumbent head," Magyar said.

"Sulyok must face that ... the post of president and its powers do not belong to him but to the Hungarian nation; it is time to return power to the nation," the prime minister said.

"The president and the head of the Constitutional Court have no other choice but resign. It is over," Magyar said.

President accepts Constitutional Court's decision - HVG

President Tamas Sulyok has taken note of the Constitutional Court's decision not to proceed with his request for an interpretation of Hungary's Fundamental Law, according to a statement from the presidential Sandor Palace's communications office to business weekly HVG.

Sandor Palace said it has shared all substantive information regarding the legal proceedings involving the Venice Commission with the public.

The Court said on Friday that its president, Peter Polt, had removed the case from its agenda after seven of its judges declared personal conflicts of interest, rendering the full bench unable to form a quorum and thus incapable of making a ruling.

Sulyok submitted his request on June 11, asking the Constitutional Court to clarify the constitutional provisions governing the function, adoption and amendment of the Fundamental Law.

At the time, he emphasised that recent political statements calling for the removal of public law officials had raised the possibility of constitutional amendments tailored to specific situations rather than establishing general rules.

The president argued that an abstract interpretation of the Fundamental Law by the Constitutional Court could help ensure that conflicts between state bodies and political debates remain within legal boundaries, and that legislation continues to align with constitutional principles.

Tisza deputy group leader denies secret pact over Sulyok's top court petition

Deputy leader of the ruling Tisza Party's parliamentary group Marton Mellethei-Barna on Saturday denied reports that he had entered into a secret pact or backroom agreement regarding President Tamas Sulyok's recent petition to the Constitutional Court.

Mellethei-Barna responded on Facebook to opposition Fidesz's assertion that Constitutional Court judge Marcel Szabo and Mellethei-Barna, Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s brother-in-law, had entered into a secret agreement under which those Constitutional Court judges who refuse to place Sulyok's petition on the agenda may remain in their posts.

Mellethei-Barna said Fidesz's claims were based on their own assumptions and they "once again managed to outdo themselves".

"Of course, neither I, nor the Tisza group, nor the government have entered into any secret pact with Constitutional Court judge Marcel Szabo or with those who decided not to participate in this attempted constitutional coup," he said.

Sulyok's motion "clearly falls into the category of legal nonsense" and the constitutional judges had made their decision based on professional grounds, he added.

Mellethei-Barna reiterated that one of Tisza's key commitments was "the removal of the puppets appointed by Fidesz -- including, among others, Peter Polt, the former Fidesz parliamentary candidate who later became the 'most loyal' prosecutor and is currently the president of the Constitutional Court".

Sulyok announced on June 11 that he had submitted a motion to the Constitutional Court seeking an interpretation of the provisions governing the constitutional function, adoption and amendment of the Fundamental Law.

In a statement on Friday, the Constitutional Court announced that that seven constitutional judges declared a conflict of interest due to their personal and direct involvement in the matter, and since the full bench lacked a quorum, Polt removed the matter from the agenda.

In a video posted on Facebook on Friday evening, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said that, with their decision on Friday, the members of the Constitutional Court had ruled that Sulyok and Polt must step down, and Sulyok's "constitutional coup attempt ... has definitively failed".

Magyar: President 'created public law crisis'

President Tamas Sulyok has "managed to create an unprecedented public law crisis" through his petition to the Constitutional Court, Prime Minister Peter Magyar told a press conference in Brussels on Friday.
 

Sulyok has "scored an own goal", Magyar said, and insisted that the president had sought to reinforce his own position, however "the petition demonstrated that Sulyok had been unsuited for his earlier post of Constitutional Court president as he had asked the body's position about non-existing legislation, moreover, a possible amendment to the constitution, which the top court has nothing to do with."

But "the deep state, [former Prime Minister] Viktor Orban's puppets have revolted" and seven constitutional judges decided to stay away from the procedure ... the Constitutional Court has rebelled against the president of the republic," Magyar said.

"This is the end of the story. The president must be aware that his departure is necessary," he said.

Photo: Dr. Tamás Sulyok's Facebook page

Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.

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