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Hungary's parliament approves Orbán-critic and former judge András Baka as president

Besides a brief stint as a lawmaker, elected from the conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum's party list in 1990, after the democratic transition, Baka did not hold any political positions.

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00:02Hungarian lawmakers approved former Supreme Court Chief Andrés Baca as the country's
00:08new president on Tuesday. The move comes following the contested removal last month of the previous
00:14head of state, as Prime Minister Pieter Magyar works to loosen the grip of his predecessor,
00:19Viktor Orban, over state institutions. Baca served 17 years as a judge on the European
00:26Court of Human Rights. He was elected with 140 votes in favor and six votes against.
00:34We think that Baca Andrés is a sovereign and sovereign person from the political parties.
00:41I don't think he will be able to use any kind of political side.
00:49In his inaugural address, the new president said he had not expected to take on such a role,
00:54but seeing that young people and rural voters had voted for change, accountability and social
00:59reconciliation, he felt ready to step into the position.
01:03Baca Andrés Baca
01:41Baca Andrés megválasztásával nem ért véget a vita a köztársasági elnöki pozícióról.
01:46Az új államfőnek be kell bizonyítania, hogy valóban az alkotmányosság őrzője,
01:50és nem a TISA kétharmad kinevezetje. Egy olyan ember, aki hosszú idő után először képes kifejezni a nemzetegységét.
01:57Az pedig még csak a jövőben fog eldőlni, hogy az új alkotmány milyen jogköröket ad majd a köztársasági elnöknek,
02:04és a TISA betartja-e régi ígéretét, mi szerint a következő államfőt már a magyarok közvetlenül fogják megválasztani.
02:11Sipos Egyi Zoltán, Euronews Budapest.
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