Hungary's parliament voted Monday to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office. The vote has divided the country.

Sulyok is widely seen as a loyalist of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Sulyok must sign the change within five days for it to become law.

Prime Minister Peter Magyar's Tisza party will start impeachment steps if he refuses. Tisza holds a large enough majority in parliament to make this change.

Magyar defended the removal. But human rights groups and allies of Orbán criticized the decision.

Orbán's Fidesz party called the move an unprecedented attack on Hungary's democracy. Fidesz held a protest against the change last week.

About 3000 people joined that protest. Amnesty International Hungary also criticized the move.

The group agreed Sulyok is unfit for the office. But it called the removal method not proper.

Orbán lost power in April 2026. That ended his 16 years as prime minister.