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Hungarian President András Baka has officially nominated The political crisis surrounding the nomination of Zoltán Szathmáry for the position of Prosecutor General, following the July resignation of Gábor Bálint Nagy. While Baka continues to defend Szathmáry as a “qualified professional,” the nomination General has intensified political conflict. The intensified. Following President András Baka’s nomination, the Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar, has unanimously rejected the nominee candidate and requested demanded a new candidate, nominee, citing alleged connections links between Szathmáry’s brother and the ‘golden convoy’ case. In a related escalation, Parallel tensions have escalated as the Prosecution Office has requested the suspension of parliamentary immunity for Péter Magyar, Balázs Hankó, and Miklós Seszták. The Office cited specific, distinct reasons for each request: a 2024 mobile phone incident regarding Magyar, the NKA case for Hankó, and the Volánbusz investigation for Seszták. Péter Magyar has criticized condemned these actions as a ‘political character assassination,’ accusing the Prosecution Office, accusing it Office of acting as a “political tool for attempting to conflate his personal legal matters with major corruption cases involving the previous administration” in administration. In response, Magyar has called for an attempt to cover up corruption. extraordinary parliamentary session and the total abolition of parliamentary immunity for crimes involving public indictment. The Prosecution Office has formally rejected these allegations, maintaining that its actions are based on “legal ‘legal and professional grounds, independent of political considerations.” considerations.’ The appointment of the Prosecutor General remains subject to a required two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.