Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar moves to end Orbán-era appointments and establish asset recovery office

The legislative package announced

On Sunday, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said his government would submit two proposals to parliament the following day. The package includes a bill to create the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office and a constitutional amendment that, in his words, would “end the term of Orbán’s marionettes”. Magyar called Sunday “an important day” and asked his Tisza parliamentary group and cabinet to back the strongest possible versions.

Fidesz, its marionettes and billionaire oligarchs who have been plundering our country for years have rejoiced too soon. An important day is ahead of us.

Asset recovery and financial probes

The new office will coordinate financial investigations, focusing on suspicious real estate transactions, lucrative concession agreements, and a retrospective audit of all public contracts worth more than 32 million dollars (approximately 120 million złotys). The government aims to claw back assets it says were illegally obtained by oligarchs close to the former Orbán administration. Magyar also reiterated his campaign pledge to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office immediately.

Removing Orbán’s “marionettes”

The constitutional amendment targets senior officials appointed during Viktor Orbán’s tenure. Magyar has repeatedly called for the resignation of President Tamás Sulyok, as well as the heads of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, labeling them “Orbán’s marionettes”. A self-imposed deadline of 31 May for voluntary resignations passed without effect. President Sulyok, who was elected by Fidesz lawmakers and whose term runs until March 2029, warned that attempts to remove him threaten the rule of law and Hungary’s constitutional order.

In both cases I will ask the government and the Tisza parliamentary club to support the strongest possible versions of these proposals. And of course after a few days of public consultation the proposals can become even stronger. Systemic political transformation, step by step.

Tisza’s majority and earlier changes

Magyar’s Tisza party holds a constitutional majority in the 199-seat parliament, controlling 141 seats. The legislature has already amended the constitution: on 15 June it passed a provision limiting any person to a maximum of two terms as prime minister, applied retroactively to 1990, effectively blocking Orbán from holding the office again. The move is part of a broader push to dismantle the institutional architecture built during the Orbán years.