Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok calls on citizens to come to the polls and decide the future of the country. It reminds us that it unites them more than it divides them.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok called on citizens to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and decide the future of the country according to their best knowledge and conscience. In his statement on the social network, he emphasized the importance of the unity of the nation and reminded that there are more things that unite Hungarians than divide them.
- Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok called on citizens to participate in the upcoming elections.
- Sulyok called the parliamentary elections a key expression of Hungarian popular sovereignty.
- He described the right to free choice as one of the basic pillars of democracy.
- Tamás Sulyok was elected president on February 26, 2024 by secret parliamentary vote.
- Sulyok replaced Katalin Nováková after the amnesty scandal in the pedophile case.
Sulyok described the elections as a key expression of Hungarian popular sovereignty, which allows citizens to make decisions about the country’s administration and delegate power to their representatives. According to him, the right to free election is one of the basic pillars of democracy, while he described the day of parliamentary elections as a celebration of independence and democratic values, which has been held in Hungary for 36 years. At the same time, the President appealed to all citizens to exercise their right to vote.
The meaning of suffrage
Tamás Sulyok was elected to the position of President on February 26, 2024 in a secret vote of the Hungarian Parliament. His election was supported by the deputies of the ruling Fidesz-KDNP bloc, and he received 134 votes. Most of the opposition MPs did not participate in the vote. Sulyok replaced Katalin Nováková in the position, who resigned after the controversy related to the granting of amnesty in the case of a pedophile affair.
Before his election, Sulyok served as the president of the Constitutional Court, from which position he resigned after assuming the presidency. His call to participate in the elections comes at a time when Hungary is facing several political and social challenges, and the elections can fundamentally affect the further development of the country.
