Hungarian President Katalin Novak announced her resignation Saturday following outrage sparked in the central European country by a decision to pardon a man implicated in child sexual abuse case. “I am resigning my post,” said the close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, acknowledging that she had made “a mistake”. I am, I was and I will remain in favour of protecting children and families,” Novak, 46, said. Novak, a former minister for family policy became the first woman to hold the essentially ceremonial role of president in March 2022. “I renounce my mandate as an MP and the head of the list for the European Parliament,” she said on Facebook.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2024 01:04 UTC