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Pardoned a convicted child abuser, resigns Hungary's president

2024-02-11 10:19:29Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pardoned a convicted child abuser, resigns Hungary's president
President of Hungary Katalin Novak

Hungarian President Katalin Novak has resigned amid growing public anger over her decision to pardon a man convicted of collaborating in child sex abuse.

Novak, a rising figure in the ruling Fidesz party, returned from a visit to Doha on February 10 to alert the public that he was stepping down.

"One person's forgiveness has troubled many people. "I was wrong," she said in a televised address.

Novak, 46, was elected as president by parliament in 2022.

The position of president is ceremonial in Hungary.

She is the first woman and youngest person ever to be elected to this position in Hungary.

She has previously served as minister for Families.

In April last year, she pardoned Endre K., who was sentenced to more than three years in prison in 2018, for pressuring victims to withdraw sexual abuse allegations against the director of a state-run shelter.

Enred was deputy director of the institute.

The director was sentenced to eight years in prison for abusing at least 10 children in the period 2004-2016.

News of the pardon was announced on February 2, when a local media reported on it.

The president has not been asked to release a full list of pardoned persons.

Hungary's authoritarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has not been harmed by the scandal.

Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has positioned himself as a champion of traditional family values.

In a single public statement on the issue, he called for changes to the constitution to prevent the pardon of child abusers in the future.


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