BUDAPEST — Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced the formation of six parliamentary investigative committees to examine alleged corruption and abuses of power during Viktor Orbán’s 16-year tenure as prime minister. The move follows Magyar’s landslide election victory last month, in which his center-right Tisza party secured a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

The committees will investigate a range of issues tied to Orbán’s former government, including the suspected misappropriation of public funds managed by Hungary’s National Bank. One committee will specifically review the details of a pardon issued by former President Katalin Novák to an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. Novák resigned in 2024 over the controversy surrounding that pardon.

Magyar pledged to pass a constitutional amendment to dissolve Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office, which Orbán’s government created in 2023 to investigate NGOs, media outlets, and political parties under the premise of preventing foreign influence. He also vowed to eliminate what he described as “political privileges,” including reducing salaries for the prime minister, cabinet members, state company executives, and lawmakers.

Lawmakers from Magyar’s party have submitted a constitutional amendment that would limit future prime ministers to eight years in office. The proposal would apply to Magyar himself and would prevent Orbán—who served four consecutive terms—from holding the office again.

“We will put all corruption and abuses of power on full display,” Magyar said. “The Hungarian people have the right to know who benefited from their money, who stole their money, who got rich from the vulnerability of the people.”