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Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is framing his party’s defiant response to a new government as peaceful resistance, accusing Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s administration of acting like a tyranny. After losing power in April after 16 years, Orbán’s Fidesz party is pushing back against sweeping constitutional changes—including removing the Orbán-era president and imposing a 12-year term limit on lawmakers—which he says dismantles democratic checks and mirrors the Communist era. The term limit also sidelines roughly half of Fidesz’s current members from the next election. Magyar’s government, meanwhile, is dismantling what it calls Orbán’s “mafia,” firing political appointees and shuttering institutions like the Sovereignty Protection Office, claiming these moves are aimed at restoring the rule of law and fighting corruption. Fidesz has released a “Declaration of Resistance,” pledging to use nonviolent means to defend democracy and document alleged abuses. But support for the party has plummeted, and pressure is mounting as prosecutors raid Fidesz’s offices in an investigation into alleged crimes from Orbán’s tenure—something Orbán calls politically motivated and characteristic of dictatorships. Several top Fidesz figures have also stepped down or exited politics, signaling a deepening crisis for the once-dominant party.

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