Hungary caps PM terms at 8 years. Goodbye, Orbán?
Hungary just passed a constitutional amendment that limits the prime minister's tenure to eight years total. Yes, including past terms.
Imagine ruling a country like it's your personal estate for over a decade, only to have the parliament quietly pass a law that says: "Actually, eight years is the hard limit. For everyone. Ever."
This is exactly what just happened in Budapest. The parliament approved a constitutional amendment capping the prime minister's lifetime tenure at eight years, counting all the way back to 1990.
This means Viktor Orbán's era is legally hitting a brick wall. Since he has already served way more than eight years, his time is officially up the moment this is published. The opposition party Tisza initiated the move, and it passed with a landslide 135 votes. They are reportedly also trying to clean out the president and anyone else tied to the old regime.
It turns out "eternal leader" was just a trial subscription that finally expired.
Source: Daily News Hungary
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