
(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, AUG 11 - Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved former supreme court chief Andras Baka, a critic of Viktor Orban who was fired during the ex-premier's time in power, as the country's next president. Parliament elected Baka as head of state with 140 votes in favour and six votes against as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar pushes to loosen his predecessor Orban's lingering hold over state institutions. (ANSA-AFP).