Hungarian prosecutors raided an office and confiscated servers belonging to Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party on Wednesday, as the former prime minister slammed the government over sweeping constitutional changes. <\/p>\n
Hungarian prosecutors confiscated the servers of the Fidesz party, former Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Wednesday via the Index portal. In a statement released Tuesday, Fidesz reported that the prosecutor’s office raided the office handling the party’s server infrastructure, with Orban describing the actions on Wednesday as a “violation of democratic norms.”<\/p>\n
The former prime minister also commented on a constitutional amendment passed by parliament and signed by former President Tamas Sulyok. The changes led to the removal of the Fidesz-appointed head of state, introduced a three-term limit for lawmakers, and set a 70-year upper age limit for Constitutional Court judges.<\/p>\n
Orban argued that the adoption of the amendment created a situation where neither democracy nor the rule of law prevails in Hungary. He stated that the changes excluded half of the opposition party representatives from public life and claimed that the removal of Sulyok and Peter Polt\u2014the 70-year-old Constitutional Court president tied to Fidesz\u2014resulted from targeted legal measures, effectively establishing a “political autocracy.” The opposition Fidesz chairman also assessed that the successors to the removed officials will take office illegally.<\/p>\n
Since Monday, parliamentary speaker Agnes Forsthoffer has been serving as the interim president of Hungary. Lawmakers must elect a new president within 30 days, while MPs from the governing Tisza party hold a constitutional majority of 141 out of 199 votes in parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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