Hungarian Parliament Lifts Immunity of PM and Orbán-Era Ministers
- On Monday, Hungary's Parliament voted 139-0 to lift the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers, clearing the way for prosecutors to proceed with ongoing criminal investigations.
- Prosecutors allege former Culture Minister Balázs Hankó oversaw misuse of $53.6 million from the National Cultural Fund, while Development Minister Miklós Seszték is suspected of accepting $37.2 million in bribes tied to state contracts.
- Magyar faces investigation for alleged misdemeanor theft after he allegedly took a man's phone during a June 2024 nightclub altercation and threw it into the Danube River, with damages scarcely exceeding $300.
- Lawmakers from Fidesz and the Christian Democrats boycotted the vote, characterizing the charges against their colleagues as "political tyranny" by Magyar's government, underscoring deep partisan divisions.
- None of the officials have been indicted; immunity is designed to protect lawmakers from political persecution, and the European Parliament previously refused similar requests to suspend Magyar's immunity in September 2024.
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On Monday, Hungary's parliament waived the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and the two former ministers of the government of former nationalist leader Viktor Orbán, so that they could be investigated in separate criminal cases.The investigations into Orbán-era ministers, who are suspected of corruption worth millions of euros, are the first to related to corrupt affairs against senior government figures from the former prime minister's 1…
At the request of the Hungarian judiciary, the Hungarian parliament has lifted the parliamentary immunity of Prime Minister Magyar and two ministers from Prime Minister Orbán's former government. This means that the Hungarian Public Prosecution Service can prosecute the three for criminal offenses. In the case of Magyar, who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Hungary in May, it is not a major case. Prosecutors suspect the current Prime Minister …
The Hungarian parliament has revoked the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar and two former ministers. As a result, a criminal...
Immunity has also been lifted for two former ministers of Viktor Orban's government who are being investigated for corruption.
The Hungarian parliament lifted the immunity of Prime Minister Peter Magyar at a special session today, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported, quoted by BTA. 139 deputies voted "for" the lifting of the prime minister's immunity, with no votes "against" or "abstentions". Magyar himself asked the deputies to lift his immunity, saying that he takes responsibility for all his actions. The prosecutor's office requested the prime minister's immunity …
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