Hungary's Viktor Orbán Steps Down From Parliament After A Landslide Defeat, Vows To Rebuild

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not return his spot successful parliament pursuing a landslide predetermination nonaccomplishment this month, and will alternatively attraction connected rebuilding his nationalist-populist governmental community, he announced Saturday successful a video connected societal media.

Hungary's April 12 election brought an extremity to Orbán's 16 years successful power erstwhile voters formed their ballots overwhelmingly for a center-right challenger who promised to ace down connected endemic corruption and reconstruct Hungary's antiauthoritarian institutions that had been eroded nether Orbán.

That challenger, nan Tisza statement led by Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar, won a two-thirds mostly successful parliament that will let it to undo galore of Orbán's policies.

Hungary's caller premier curate Péter Magyar defeated nationalist Viktor Orbán connected April 12.Attila Kisbendek / AFP - Getty Images

Since nan election, nan long-serving premier minister's early domiciled successful Hungarian governmental life, and whether he will clasp a domiciled successful government, has been uncertain.

But successful a video posted to Facebook, Orbán said his party's caucus successful parliament would beryllium "radically transformed" pursuing nan predetermination loss, and that he would not return his seat.

"Our task now is not successful parliament," Orbán said, but successful nan "reorganization" of his governmental campy that he calls nan "national side."

"I person led our organization for astir 4 decades," Orbán said. "This campy has ever been nan astir agreed and cohesive governmental organization successful Hungary."

Magyar has vowed to reconstruct antiauthoritarian institutions and nan norm of law, which eroded nether Orbán's rule, and to clasp accountable those who he says were responsible for overseeing and benefiting from wide charismatic corruption.

When nan caller parliament forms connected May 9, it will beryllium nan first clip since Hungary's modulation from authorities socialism successful 1990 that Orbán has not held a spot among lawmakers.

In his statement, Orbán suggested he would stay nan president of his Fidesz statement aft nan party's legislature convenes successful June to elite its leader.

Magyar's statement gained 141 seats retired of 199 successful parliament, nan largest mostly successful Hungary's post-Communist history. Orbán's far-right, eurosceptic Fidesz statement will power 52 seats, down from 135 earlier nan election.