The Outgoing Government Falsified the Budget, Underreporting at Least 286 Billion Forints
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The government discussed the situation of the highway concession system, Dávid Vitézy reported that in the case of several items it was determined that the outgoing government had falsified this year's budget. For example, 87.2 billion forints were not included in the Budapest-Belgrade railway, an item that had already been built and paid for, in order to make the budget deficit appear smaller before the election. The missing items total 286 bil…
The second meeting of the Tisza government has ended, after which Prime Minister Péter Magyar held a press briefing together with government spokespeople. At the event, it was revealed that, for example, 286 billion forints of expenditure had not been planned in the budget of the previous Ministry of Construction. Regarding the protected price of fuels, the Prime Minister believed that this measure cannot be maintained to the extreme, because in…
According to the opposition group, the concealment of budget data is untrue, they handed over the government in good condition, but according to the Prime Minister, they took over the budget with incomplete data and a negative cash flow.
The Fidesz members "did the math": the Tisza government made 1,213 promises during the election campaign, and keeping these promises would cost seven trillion forints annually.
According to Fidesz, it is not true that the Orbán cabinet falsified the budget - Gergely Gulyás and his party believe that the Tisza Party is preparing for austerity and is therefore looking for a scapegoat.
Magyar says they will investigate whether it is a crime to intentionally change the budget. According to Magyar, the government was able to enter fewer costs in the budget regarding highway concessions because they expected that János Lázár would reduce the costs, but after the minister discussed this, the costs became even higher. There will be no cuts under the Tisza government. – said Magyar, who believes it is fortunate that the previous gov…
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