In a document published on Parliament’s website, Andrea Bujdosó said the group had proposed amending the agenda of the Aug. 10-11 session to include the presidential election.

The group also proposed holding the vote Aug. 11.

Former President Tamás Sulyok’s mandate ended at midnight July 20. Under the Fundamental Law, his powers are temporarily being exercised by Speaker Ágnes Forsthoffer.

Parliament must elect a new president within 30 days.

Under the Fundamental Law, the presidential election is called by the speaker of parliament, in this case Anikó Hallerné Nagy, the acting speaker. Nominations require the written support of at least one-fifth of MPs and must be submitted to the speaker before the vote is ordered.

No official nomination has yet been submitted for the position. However, on July 19, 16 figures from the fields of science, culture and sport wrote to the speaker proposing that chess player Judit Polgár be nominated as president.

On the same day, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Facebook that he would consider it an honor if Polgár accepted the request, but she announced the following day that she would not accept the position.

In the following period, the prime minister met with Bálint Ruff, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, and held discussions with Botond Fülöp, a lawyer who drew attention to the pardon case in 2024, and Ignác Romsics, a Széchenyi Prize-winning historian, academician and university professor, to discuss “the nation’s fateful questions.”

Most recently, on Wednesday, he met with András Baka, former president of the Supreme Court.

At the end of July, Our Homeland announced that it would nominate energy lawyer Máté Tóth for the presidency.

Parliament elects the president by secret ballot with a two-thirds majority of MPs. If the first vote is inconclusive, a second vote is held between the two candidates who received the most votes, and a two-thirds majority is not required.

If the second vote is also inconclusive, new nominations are made and a new election is held.

The elected president takes office on the eighth day after the result is announced, having first taken an oath before Parliament.

Magyar previously said that a comprehensive constitution-making process would begin in September and that a provisional president would be elected in August to serve until the new constitution is adopted.

He also promised that public opinion would be sought during the constitution-making process and that there would be an opportunity to change the rules governing the election of the president.

In a statement, the opposition Fidesz party said the presidential election would be “legally invalid” and that there was no point in holding it because “the position is not vacant.”

“It’s a waste of effort; the position is not vacant,” Fidesz communications director Bertalan Havasi said.

He insisted that the last legitimately elected Hungarian president was Sulyok.

“Whoever is now given this title by the Tisza group’s arbitrary decision can have their unlawful and unconstitutional appointment revoked with a stroke of the pen once democratic rule of law is restored,” he said.