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Hungarian Parliament Ousts President Amid Orban's Outrage Over Democracy's Demise
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · Jul 14, 2026
What happened
Hungary's Parliament voted to immediately remove President Tamás Sólyom as part of Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy's plan to dismantle Viktor Orbán's authoritarian legacy. Orbán condemned the move as illegal and declared democracy dead, while Medgyessy aims to reform the constitution and state institutions with broad public support.
- 01Hungarian Parliament ousts President Tamás Sólyom citing loss of public trust.
- 02PM Péter Medgyessy leads reforms to dismantle Viktor Orbán's authoritarian system.
- 03Medgyessy holds a two-thirds majority enabling constitutional changes.
- 04Orbán's party boycotts vote and calls the removal illegal and anti-democratic.
- 05Sólyom refuses to resign and seeks legal advice from the Venice Commission.
- 06State media leadership replaced amid efforts to restore independence and credibility.
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