Hungary's MPs block return of Orbán, limiting rule of PM to eight years

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Hungary's parliament has approved a constitutional amendment limiting prime ministers to two terms, totaling eight years in office. This move fulfills a promise by new Prime Minister Péter Magyar to prevent his predecessor, Viktor Orbán, from returning to the premiership. Orbán, who served for 16 uninterrupted years until Magyar's Tisza party won the April election with a super-majority, criticized the change, stating he would be available if needed. The amendment, which applies to all prime ministers since 1990, passed with 135 votes to 50 and now awaits the president's signature. Orbán's party voted against the measure, with a former political director accusing Magyar of using power to exclude opponents.

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Balázs Orbán accused Magyar of 'using political power to exclude a political opponent from democratic competition'.

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Orbán stated, 'The Orban law has just been voted through. That was the most pressing issue. If I'm needed, I'll be here.'

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Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a two-thirds majority in the April election, enabling constitutional amendments.

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Viktor Orbán led Hungary uninterrupted for 16 years before the April election.

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Hungarian parliament backed a constitutional change limiting a prime minister's term to eight years.

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The Hungarian parliament has backed a change to the constitution that limits a prime minister's term in office to eight years, fulfilling a promise by Péter Magyar to prevent Viktor Orbán becoming prime minister again.Orbán led Hungary uninterrupted for16 years, until Magyar's Tisza party swept him from power in April's election, winning a two-thirds majority that gives it the power to amend the constitution.Under the change, no prime minister since 1990 can serve more than two terms in office, even if they are years apart.Orbán's depleted Fidesz party voted against the measure and the former prime minister, who was re-elected as its leader at the weekend, was highly critical of it."The Orban law has just been voted through. That was the most pressing issue. If I'm needed, I'll be here," he wrote on Facebook. Orbán complained that Tisza had only been in power a month and that it should not be "dreaming of eight years" into the future.The Tisza government's so-called super-majority meant the amendment sailed through by 135 votes to 50 and the law now just needs the signature of President Tamás Sulyok to go through.Orbán's former political director, Balázs Orbán, accused Magyar of "using political power to exclude a political opponent from democratic competition".

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