Hungary's Magyar renews call for president, top judges to resign

FILE PHOTO: Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar talks to the media after talks between parties on preparations for the first session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

BUDAPEST, April ⁠20 (Reuters) - Hungarian election ⁠winner Peter Magyar ‌reiterated on Monday a call for Hungarian President Tamas ​Sulyok, backed ⁠by Prime Minister ⁠Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, ⁠and ‌top judges to resign ⁠by May 31 or face ​being ‌removed from office.

"We ⁠expect the ​resignation of Orban's puppets," Magyar told ⁠a news conference. "May ​31 is the deadline until when they can ⁠submit their resignation. After then, we will live with our ​mandate ⁠and legal possibilities to ​remove them ‌from office."

(Reporting by ​Gergely Szakacs; writing by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk;)