Orban abandons deputy seat after mass election defeat

Hungary's outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, has said he will not receive his MP's mandate after his party was defeated hard by ending its 16-year rule.

“Now no longer needs parliament, but the reshuffle of the patriotic movement”, he said in a video statement released in social media late Saturday. BBCKlankosova broadcast.tv.

Despite the fact that his party Fidesz reached 52 seats from the 12 April elections, up from 135, Orban was re-elected deputy.

Tisza, led by former Fidesz member Peter Magyar, won more than two-thirds of the majority in the 199-seat parliament, paving the way for a restructuring of both Hungarian and foreign politics.

Orban has been elected deputy since 1990. As Hungary's prime minister, he served since 2010, becoming a predominant figure of Hungarian politics.