The ruling parties will nominate Tamás Sulyok, the current head of the Constitutional Court, for head of state.
MPs will decide on accepting the resignation of the outgoing head of state, Katalin Novák, on Monday, Máté Kocsis, the Fidesz group leader, said in Balatonalmádi, where the ruling Fidesz and Christian Democratic parties held a meeting of their parliamentary group. Kocsis said it would be preferable to appoint Sulyok as soon as possible, but the timing also depended on whether the opposition parties decided to nominate a candidate for the post, and more would be known once a meeting of the house committee meeting is held on Friday. He said the head of the top court embodied “great authority” and was someone that everyone could take seriously. Meanwhile, new members of the top court will be elected in line with established parliamentary procedures, he said. Also, Kocsis announced that Tamás Deutsch will lead the Fidesz party’s list in the European parliamentary elections. The rest of the EP list and candidates running in the local council elections will be decided by Fidesz’s national board in March, he said, adding that the party’s candidate for mayor of Budapest will be named then, too.