Şeyma Erkul Dayanç
23 September 2026•Update: 23 September 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Wednesday he was proposing the complete abolition of parliamentary immunity in cases involving crimes subject to public prosecution.
“I am initiating the complete abolition of the immunity of members of parliament in the event of crimes that are subject to prosecution,” Magyar said on US social media company Facebook.
According to Hungarian news outlet Telex, most crimes in Hungary are subject to public prosecution, allowing authorities to initiate proceedings without a separate request from the victim.
Magyar’s proposal comes after prosecutors asked parliament to suspend the premier’s own immunity and that of two other lawmakers, Balazs Hanko and Miklos Sesztak.
Magyar is facing a suspected theft case over an incident in 2024 in which prosecutors allege he took a man’s phone and threw it into the Danube.
Sesztak is under investigation on suspicion of bribery and other offenses in the Volanbusz case, while Hanko is being investigated over suspected mismanagement in the National Cultural Fund case, according to the prosecution service.
Parliament will decide whether to suspend the three lawmakers’ immunity.