Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is resigning after the parliamentary elections, has said he is giving up his parliamentary mandate, but is ready to continue leading his Fidesz party.
Orbán said this in a video posted on his Facebook page.
Orbán said that the meeting of the presidium of his Fidesz party has ended, and the political force has decided to "radically reform" the parliamentary faction, which will be formed on Monday. Its leader will be Gergely Gulyás, and Orbán himself plans to give up his parliamentary mandate.
"The mandate that I received as the leader of the Fidesz-Christian Democrats list is actually a parliamentary mandate for Fidesz, so I decided to return it. Now it is needed not in parliament, but to reorganize the national movement," Orbán said.
He added that the party will hold a nationwide meeting next week, and the congress to elect the leadership has been postponed to June.
"I have led our community for almost four decades, during which time we have experienced successes and failures, victories and defeats in elections. But one thing has remained unchanged: this camp has always been the most united and united political community in Hungary, and this unity is very much needed by Hungary now.
The presidium proposes that I continue my work as the chairman of Fidesz, and if the congress grants me its trust, I am ready for this task," Orbán concluded.
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