Tamas Sulyok elected as Hungary's new president
STORY: Tamas Sulyok elected as Hungary's new president
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:05
LOCATION: Budapest
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian): TAMAS SULYOK, Hungarian President-Elect
2. various of Parliament exterior
3. various of voting result announcement
STORYLINE:
Hungarian lawmakers on Monday elected Tamas Sulyok, head of the Constitutional Court, as the country's new president.
Out of the 199 lawmakers, 146 participated in the voting, with 134 votes in favor, five against and seven invalid.
Most opposition lawmakers did not participate in the vote. The opposition parties failed to reach an agreement on a common candidate to challenge.
Sulyok said last Thursday upon his nomination:
SOUNDBITE (Hungarian): TAMAS SULYOK, Hungarian President-Elect
"As a jurist, and in my role as the President of the Republic, my foremost commitment is to serve the public good and to embody the nation's unity, all the while upholding the fundamental values of the
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