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Hungary's Orbán faces a rare political crisis at home after president's resignation
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FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an annual international press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that more dialogue would be beneficial after Orbán invited the Swede to Budapest to discuss Sweden's NATO accession. - photo by AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president, a member of Orbán’s ruling party, resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. President Katalin Novák's weekend resignation came after it was revealed that she issued a pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home. Former Justice Minister Judit Varga also announced her resignation from a seat in parliament over her role in endorsing the decision.