Hungarian President Katalin Novak announced her resignation Saturday following outrage sparked in the central European country by a decision to pardon a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, acknowledged that she had made a mistake and resigned from his position.
Orban apologized to those who were hurt and all the victims who may have had the impression that he did not support them.
“I am resigning my post,” said the close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, acknowledging that she had made “a mistake.”
Novak, a former minister for family policy became the first woman to hold the essentially ceremonial role of president in March 2022.
“I apologize to those who I hurt and all the victims who may have had the impression that I did not support them. I am, I was and I will remain in favor of protecting children and families,” Novak, 46, said.
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