Politicians have submitted their yearly asset declarations, with no major changes in comparison to one year ago. While the Prime Minister has no savings, Cabinet Chief Antal Rogán’s assets have further grown due to his invention. Former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus has had a worse year, while it seems a Jobbik politician owns the most properties, and according to the official asset decalaration, a young LMP politician is the wealthiest member of parliament.
Government and Fidesz politicians
Similarly to his last year’s declaration,
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán supposedly has no liquid assets, or savings at all, possessing only two properties: one in Budapest’s 12th district and one in his hometown of Felcsút. He repaid a further fraction of the loan taken out together with his wife in 2002, now owing HUF 882,000 (Eur 2,477).
Fidesz-KDNP members of the Parliament’s Committee on Justice eventually voted down the proposal that many grew to dub as “Lex Szijjártó.” After the Foreign Minister’s controversial luxury yacht trip, independent MP Bernadett Szél sought to exclude those businessmen who give luxury gifts to government members from public bids.
According to the proposal initiated by independent MP Bernadett Szél (formerly the leader of green party LMP), businessmen giving luxury gifts to government members would be excluded from public bids for five years. In addition, such “gifts” (if their value surpasses a quarter of their parliamentary base salary) should be listed in asset declarations even if they were received as a ‘private person.’ In addition, according to Szél’s initiative, the law would apply to leaders of state firms as well.