Hungary’s PM launches drive to free country from Orban’s ‘mafia’
Key takeaways
- The raft of proposed changes includes a new constitution and anti-corruption office, and the ousting of the president.
- In a fiery speech to parliament on Monday, Magyar announced a raft of economic, political and legal measures dubbed “Operation Cleansing Fire”.
- “We will free our country from the captivity of the political and economic mafia that has ruled for the past 16 years,” Magyar said.
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The raft of proposed changes includes a new constitution and anti-corruption office, and the ousting of the president.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar and Gyorgy Velkey, the parliamentary state secretary at the country's Foreign Ministry, push buttons to vote on an amendment to the constitution by introducing term-limits for prime ministers for a maximum of eight years in office, in Budapest, Hungary, June 15, 2026 [Attila Kisbenedek/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff, DPA and ReutersPublished On 22 Jun 202622 Jun 2026Hungary’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar has launched a wide-ranging reform drive aimed at pulling the state out of the captivity into which it was forced by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
In a fiery speech to parliament on Monday, Magyar announced a raft of economic, political and legal measures dubbed “Operation Cleansing Fire”. The plan will see the Tisza Party government install a new constitution, purge the country’s institutions, establish a new anti-corruption office, and unseat the president.