The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Peter Magyar has submitted a constitutional amendment bill to impeach President Tamas Sulyok, a close ally of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a move aimed at reducing the influence of the former nationalist leader, as part of a broad political and constitutional reform package, according to Bloomberg.

The amendment, expected to be passed given the overwhelming parliamentary majority won by Magyar's Tisza party in the April elections, would end Sulyok's term less than three years before the end of his five-year tenure, the agency reported on Saturday.

Sulyok has repeatedly rejected Magyar's calls to step down voluntarily. In a social media post on Saturday, Magyar said: 'The rebuilding of Hungary cannot begin if the highest state official remains the same person who helped dismantle the Hungarian republic.'

"A new president for Hungary"

Magyar added that Parliament will elect a new president during the summer, whose term will not exceed five years or until a new constitution for the country is adopted, noting that consultations on replacing the constitution drafted under Orbán will begin in September.

Although the Hungarian presidency is largely ceremonial, Magyar stressed that the position carries symbolism that requires it to represent the nation.

According to Bloomberg, since taking office, Sulyok has repeatedly failed to take public stances on issues including systematic abuses against children in state care homes and targeting of journalists.

After Magyar's election victory, Sulyok pledged not to obstruct the new government in Budapest.

The proposed constitutional amendment fulfills one of Magyar's key campaign promises: restoring democratic checks and balances and returning Hungary to the European Union's mainstream.

"Powers of the Constitutional Court"

The amendment also includes shortening the tenure of Constitutional Court judges and imposing a maximum age limit of 70 for the position, which would force out court president Peter Polt, who will turn 71 in September. Polt is one of Orbán's closest allies; he previously served as chief prosecutor and was a member of Orbán's Fidesz party.

At the same time, the amendment expands the Constitutional Court's powers, restoring its authority to rule on budget-related matters, which Orbán had restricted.

The bill also limits parliamentary membership to three terms, each of four years, and strips the Fiscal Council of its power to veto the budget.

If passed, the amendment would establish a national asset recovery agency with broad powers to recover funds misappropriated from state-owned assets during Orbán's rule, a period in which Hungary fell to last place among EU countries in Transparency International's annual corruption index, according to Bloomberg.