Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on June 22 announced plans to remove the country's president through a constitutional amendment as part of a broader programme of political and institutional reform.

Addressing the parliament, Magyar said his government would initiate changes to the constitution aimed at ending President Tamas Sulyok's tenure and would unveil a wider package of constitutional reforms later this year, Reuters reported.

The move is one of the most significant political initiatives since Magyar took office and signals his intention to reshape key state institutions following his election victory.

Magyar told lawmakers that constitutional reform would begin in the autumn and form part of a wider effort to strengthen transparency, accountability and public trust in government.

Previously, the Hungarian president suffered major setback when the Constitutional Court sidelined a petition seeking a legal safeguard against his removal.

Hungary's political system is based on the Fundamental Law, the country's constitution, under which the president serves as head of state while executive power is exercised by the government led by the prime minister. The president is elected indirectly by the National Assembly for a five-year term and is expected to represent national unity and safeguard the democratic functioning of the state.

Sulyok said he will fight to remain in office through legal means and accused the new head of government of plotting a conspiracy to gain control over state institutions, which would give him more absolute power than former prime minister Viktor Orban. The president made these remarks in an interview published on June 20 by the Brussels-based news portal Politico.

The head of state argued that Magyar, who is attempting to remove him and other officials appointed during the Orbán era, is "brazenly abusing" his parliamentary supermajority. In the president’s view, he must therefore remain in office to protect democratic norms and the separation of powers between parliament and the president.

Although the role is largely ceremonial, the president retains several important constitutional powers. These include signing legislation into law, returning bills to parliament for reconsideration and referring legislation to the Constitutional Court for review. As a result, the office can influence the legislative process, particularly during periods of major political changes.

The announcements are likely to intensify political tensions in Hungary, where debates over constitutional powers, judicial independence and government accountability have dominated public life in recent years.

Alongside the proposed changes, the prime minister outlined an ambitious anti-corruption agenda designed to tackle what he described as long-standing abuses of power and misuse of public resources.

Among the measures under consideration is the creation of a National Asset Protection and Recovery Office, a new body tasked with tracing, recovering and safeguarding assets linked to corruption and financial misconduct.

Magyar said the initiative would be accompanied by a series of economic, political and legal reforms aimed at dismantling corrupt practices and improving the functioning of state institutions, Reuters reported.

Sulyok, a former president of the Constitutional Court, has held office since 2024. Following the April 2026 election victory of Magyar's Tisza party, tensions emerged between the new government and institutions associated with Orban's administration. Magyar has repeatedly argued that several state institutions require reform and has called on Sulyok to step down voluntarily.