György Matolcsy's Honorary Citizenship Title in Kozármisleny Was Revoked
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The Kozármisleny council unanimously revoked the honorary citizenship title bestowed on György Matolcsy seventeen years ago. The decision is apparently related to the arrest of the former central bank governor, which was approved by the court in second instance on Thursday due to the risk of influencing the investigation, Telex reported.
The representative body decided on this just a few days after Matolcsy's arrest.
The council voted on this at its October 27 meeting.
The town informed the public on its social media page that the council had revoked the honorary citizen title bestowed 17 years ago on György Matolcsy, who was in prison on suspicion of wrongdoing by his family. The essence of the Matolcsy case is that there were suspected irregularities in the handling of more than 266 billion forints of public money allocated to the MNB's foundations. The SAO uncovered serious irregularities years ago, when th…
The Kozármisleny board made this decision back in October. The reasons are unknown, but they are hardly unrelated to what has happened around György Matolcsy in recent days.
Seventeen years ago, the former central bank governor became an honorary citizen of the city of Baranya.
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