Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announced he will not take up his seat in parliament following a landslide election defeat that ended his 16-year rule, signalling a shift toward reorganising his political movement.
In a video statement Orbán spelled out how he was now needed
not in parliament, but in the reorganisation of the patriotic movement.
Adding that the mandate he had obtained “is, in fact, a parliamentary mandate of Fidesz,” he stated that he had therefore decided to return it.
Orbán has been a dominant figure in Hungarian politics for decades, holding a parliamentary seat since 1990 and serving as prime minister since 2010.
While Fidesz suffered a serious loss in the April 12th vote, dropping from 135 seats to 52, Orbán was still elected to parliament via the party list.
The election delivered a decisive victory for Tisza, led by former Fidesz insider Péter Magyar, which secured a two-thirds majority in the 199-seat parliament.
Following a party meeting on Saturday, April 25th Orbán said the Fidesz parliamentary group would be led by Gergely Gulyás.
.jpg){kind=link}