BUDAPEST, July 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Hungary's prosecutor general said Wednesday he would step down following pressure from Prime Minister Peter 
Magyar, who called him a "puppet" of nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban.

Gabor Balint Nagy, who was appointed under Orban, said in a statement he was resigning "solely to safeguard the interests of the prosecutorial service".

"The functioning and independence of the prosecutor's office must not, under any circumstances, be compromised by the disgraceful, politically motivated 
struggles surrounding the prosecutor general," he said.

He also charged that "attacks" targeting him had "gone far beyond the bounds of acceptable professional and public debate".

Since ousting Orban from power in April elections, Magyar has pushed to get rid of a host of top officials including unpopular ex-president Tamas Sulyok, 
removed by a constitutional amendment on Sunday.

Orban's Fidesz party has decried Magyar's moves as "autocratic", a charge that was often levelled against the former premier himself during his tenure.

The top prosecutor's announcement comes the day after a data centre hosting Fidesz servers was raided over corruption allegations.

Nagy was appointed for a nine-year term just last year after previously serving as the chief of staff of his predecessor, Orban ally Peter Polt.

Polt has left the prosecution service to be the head of the constitutional court, but his term will end prematurely due to the same constitutional 
amendment that removed Sulyok.

The prime minister welcomed Nagy's resignation.

"With this, the country has rid itself of yet another of Orban's puppets who was obstructing the transition to democracy," Magyar said on Facebook.

"Gentlemen, who will be next?" he added.