Hungary’s newly inaugurated Prime Minister Péter Magyar has ordered caretaker ministers from the outgoing Orbán government to provide an urgent written account of all decisions and financial commitments made after Saturday afternoon, citing reports of ongoing document destruction within ministries.
In a letter published on Facebook on Monday evening, Magyar demanded that acting ministers submit detailed explanations by 10 pm regarding all state decisions and obligations undertaken after 4 pm on Saturday, when the new parliament was formed.
The recently sworn-in prime minister requested that ministers specify the legal basis and justification for each decision and provide all related documentation. He also instructed them not to undertake any further commitments until the new government is officially formed unless they receive prior approval from him.
Later on Monday, Magyar broadcast a live video from outside the Carmelite Monastery, the former seat of government under Viktor Orbán. During the broadcast, he claimed that despite previous warnings and instructions, ministries were still destroying documents and entering into financial commitments.
Magyar said the visit aimed to show ‘the building from which the country was governed’ during a period he described as having turned Hungary into ‘the poorest and most corrupt country in the European Union’ over the past 15 to 20 years.
He also announced that the new Tisza-led government would not move into the Carmelite Monastery. Instead, the prime minister’s office will be based on the Pest side of Budapest, near the Hungarian Parliament.
According to Magyar, members of the new cabinet are expected to be formally appointed by President Tamás Sulyok on Tuesday. He added that the new administration plans to hold its first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, likely outside Budapest, while state secretaries could be sworn in by Friday.
During the tour of the Carmelite complex, Magyar was accompanied by several incoming government figures, including Foreign Minister-designate Anita Orbán, Transport and Investment Minister-designate Dávid Vitézy, and Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office-designate Bálint Ruff.
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