LMP: Govt Discriminating Against Opposition-Run Local Councils
The opposition LMP party has accused the government of discriminating against local councils run by opposition officials when it comes to distributing funding.
In a video posted on Facebook on Saturday, LMP lawmaker Péter Ungár accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of favouring pro-government localities.
By contrast, Austria handed a large portion of funding to municipalities, “knowing precisely” that they were best placed to combat the effects of the coronavirus epidemic, he said.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony and 37 mayors of Budapest districts and cities around Hungary demanded in a joint statement on Sunday that the government withdraw a decision on halving the local business tax. The statement issued by an organisation dubbed Alliance of Free Cities said the move would be a “final blow” to local councils. […]Continue reading