(Newsworthy.news) – On Saturday, the president of Hungary resigned after a pardon she granted to a man who was found guilty of being an accessory in a case involving child sexual assault. This decision caused the long-serving nationalist administration to face an unprecedented political scandal.
Reports show the 46-year-old president, Katalin Novák, announced her resignation via television.
On April 2023, she sparked nearly a week of public controversy by pardoning a man convicted of concealing a series of child sexual offenses at a state-run children’s home.
On Saturday, Novák said that his pardon puzzled many people and that she had erred.
Novák was appointed to the presidency after serving as minister for families. When it comes to protecting children and traditional family values, she has always been outspoken.
Not only was she the youngest president in Hungary’s history, but she was also the first female.
Pardoning a man serving a sentence of over three years in jail in 2018 brought her tenure to a close. The director of the facility received an eight-year sentence for the assault of at least ten minors between 2004 and 2016, and he was also found guilty of coercing victims into retracting their accusations.
With the most support among Hungarians, the Fidesz Party has won four consecutive elections, partly because the opponents are so disorganized.
Novák had made a sensible decision, and the party was appreciative of her service, according to a statement released on Saturday by Máté Kocsis, chairman of Fidesz’s parliamentary delegation.
Members of the bloc have blamed the party for delaying important decisions, such as holding up support for Ukraine and adding Sweden to NATO. It is seen as the most lenient toward the Kremlin inside the EU.
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban was reportedly threatened with severe punishment by the EU unless he backed down, and as a result, he dropped the demand that the money be tied to annual confirmation votes. As a result, the EU agreed to a massive $54 billion aid package for Ukraine early in February.
Ukrainian officials have said that they anticipate receiving the first payments in March. The funds will cover pensions and wages alongside additional costs over a period of four years.
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