Hungary’s Orban won’t take up parliament seat after landslide loss, wants to lead renewal

Hungary’s outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would not take up his seat in parliament following his party’s landslide defeat in this month’s election but wants to stay on as Fidesz’s leader to lead a process of “renewal”.The most dominant figure in Hungarian politics since the fall of communism in 1989, Orban has sat in Hungary’s legislature for 36 years without interruption, serving as prime minister for the past sixteen years.“I’m not needed in parliament now but in the reorganisation of the nationalist side,” said Orban, who held the No 1 slot on his Fidesz party’s candidate list. He added that he would seek re-election as party leader at its June congress.