Hungary’s PM launches drive to free country from Orban’s ‘mafia’
The raft of proposed changes includes a new constitution and anti-corruption office, and the ousting of the president.
![Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar and Gyorgy Velkey, the parliamentary state secretary at the country's Foreign Ministry, push buttons to vote on an amendment to the constitution by introducing term-limits for prime ministers for a maximum of eight years in office, in Budapest, Hungary, June 15, 2026 [Attila Kisbenedek/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/afp-newsml.afp_.com_.20260615T154909Z.doc-b76y3gn-1782158522.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The raft of proposed changes includes a new constitution and anti-corruption office, and the ousting of the president.
![Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar and Gyorgy Velkey, the parliamentary state secretary at the country's Foreign Ministry, push buttons to vote on an amendment to the constitution by introducing term-limits for prime ministers for a maximum of eight years in office, in Budapest, Hungary, June 15, 2026 [Attila Kisbenedek/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/afp-newsml.afp_.com_.20260615T154909Z.doc-b76y3gn-1782158522.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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