BUDAPEST: Hungary's parliament has accepted the resignation of the country's president, Katalin Novak. The vote to approve the resi...
BUDAPEST: Hungary's parliament has accepted the resignation of the country's president, Katalin Novak.
The vote to approve the resignation was unanimous and took place at the parliament’s first session after a winter vacation.
Novak announced her resignation on February 10 after issuing a presidential pardon to a man convicted as an accessory in a pedophilia crime. She conceded she had made a mistake.
The country’s ruling parties, which together hold a two-thirds majority in parliament, nominated 67-year-old Constitutional Court President Tamas Sulyok as a replacement. Voting on his candidacy is set to take place later on Monday. Hungary's president is elected by parliament for a five-year term.
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