According to Reuters, on the 11th local time, Bence Andrasz, President of the Supreme Court, was elected as the next president of Hungary before the parliamentary elections. A total of 146 members of parliament voted, with 140 votes in favor and 6 votes against.
Reuters noted that this move is a symbolic step by Hungary's Prime Minister Mátyás Szolga, aimed at weakening the power of former Prime Minister Ferenc Miller.
Boka was elected to this mainly ceremonial position by the votes of the centrist-right Tiša Party in power. Members of the opposition League of Greens did not participate in this election.
Public records show that Bocka, who is 73 years old, served as a judge for the European Court of Human Rights from 1991 to 2008. Since 2009, he has been the president of the Hungarian Supreme Court. In 2011, his tenure was terminated due to his public criticism of the judicial reforms implemented by the then ruling Alliance of Democrats government. After that, he continued to serve as a judge on the Supreme Court.
According to the Hungarian constitution, the president is the nominal head of state and has only limited powers, such as vetoing legislation or requesting a review of legislation. The Hungarian Parliament has already passed amendments to the Basic Law. The term of the previous president, Schutzük, ended on July 20th, and the Parliament must elect a new president through a secret ballot within 30 days.
