Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's bid to appoint chess legend Judit Polgar as the country's next president collapsed after she publicly declined the offer, saying she did not feel she had "the strength to take on the historic responsibility." The move came just days after parliament passed a constitutional amendment that effectively forced sitting president Tamás Sulyok — widely seen as an ally of former PM Viktor Orbán — from office, giving parliament 30 days to elect a new head of state. Magyar's Tisza party (which swept to power in Hungary's April 12 election) faced criticism from Amnesty International and others for rushing the nomination process without meaningful public consultation, undermining the broad, unifying mandate the prime minister had promised voters.