Katalin Novák presidential pardon scandal

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A political scandal arose in Hungary on 2 February 2024 when it became public that, in 2023, president Katalin Novák had pardoned Endre Kónya, a social worker who had served as the deputy director of the Kossuth Zsuzsa Children's Home in Bicske. In 2021, Kónya had been convicted of covering up child sexual abuse committed by his supervisor over a twelve-year period. The discovery of the pardon caused major public outcry, led Novák to resign the presidency of Hungary eight days later, and caused Judit Varga—who, as the then-Minister of Justice, had countersigned Kónya's pardon—to withdraw from public life. Following Novák's resignation, the National Assembly elected Tamás Sulyok as her successor on 26 February. The scandal, usually just called the Pardon Affair (Hungarian: kegyelmi ügy) or Pardon Scandal (Hungarian: kegyelmi botrány) in Hungarian public discourse, severely eroded the popularity of the four-term Fidesz government and led to the emergence of Péter Magyar, Varga's ex-husband...

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