Fidesz Faces Collapse as Sulyok Signs Own Termination; Magyar Commits First Major Blunder

Hungary's political crisis deepens as former president Tamás Sulyok signs a constitutional amendment terminating his own mandate, which Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán calls 'arbitrary rule.' The Tisza government, led by Péter Magyar, has accelerated the dismantling of the Orbán system: Fidesz's server infrastructure was seized in a corruption investigation, and the prosecutor general resigned. However, Magyar made his first major mistake by prematurely announcing a chess grandmaster as the next president despite promising an open contest, then backtracking. A new poll suggests Fidesz may have lost 900,000 voters and might not survive the crisis in its current form. The article analyzes the strategic trap set for Sulyok and the broader implications for Hungary's political landscape.