Ungarn: Ungarns Parlament wählt Andras Baka zum Staatspräsidenten
Die Volksvertretung in Budapest betraut einen erfahrenen Juristen mit dem höchsten Staatsamt. Was sich die Ungarn nach den Orban-Jahren von ihm erwarten.
Budapest, Hungary - The Hungarian Parliament has elected Andras Baka, a former President of the Supreme Court, as the country's new President. In a secret vote, 140 lawmakers supported the critic of the recently ousted long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban, while only 6 voted against him, according to the current Parliament Speaker Aniko Haller-Nagy. There were no abstentions or other candidates. The announcement of the results was broadcast live on social media.
The non-partisan Baka, 73, was nominated by the Civic Tisza Party, led by Prime Minister Peter Magyar. Tisza holds a two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament since the April 12th parliamentary election. With this majority, Tisza recently passed a constitutional amendment that dismissed the previous President Tamas Sulyok. Sulyok had been appointed by Magyar's predecessor Viktor Orban, whose tenure would have ended in 2029 under normal circumstances.
To Orban and the Tisza Party, Sulyok appeared to be acting as an "Orban puppet". Orban's Fidesz Party did not participate in the election of Baka in protest against Sulyok's removal.
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