Viktor Orban resigns from his mandate. Historic retreat of the Fidesz leader after his defeat against TISHA

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday that he would not sit in the new parliament. Orban announced in a video posted on Facebook that he would focus on reorganizing his political camp.

– Since the mandate I won as the main candidate on the list of the Fidesz-KDNP coalition is in fact Fidesz's parliamentary mandate, I decided to resign from it, Orban said.

He added that he would focus on reorganizing his camp.

The Fidesz-KDNP coalition, headed by Orban, lost the parliamentary elections on April 12 to the opposition TISHA grouping, which obtained a constitutional majority. The resigning head of the Hungarian government is the longest-serving politician in the history of Hungary. (PAP)

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