Budapest Mayor Karácsony reveals candidates for deputy positions

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has proposed councillors Ambrus Kiss and David Vitezy for the deputy mayor posts, according to the agenda of the municipal assembly meeting set for Wednesday.

Budapest has been without a deputy mayor for almost two months now, as neither the inaugural meeting nor the first ordinary meeting could find a candidate or candidates who would pass a vote in an assembly.

Gergely Karácsony is in a minority and heavily dependent on Fides and the Tisza party. Of his former deputies, he would have liked to keep Ambrus Kiss, but Fidesz and the Tisza Party do not support this.

In any case, one of the 32 deputies has to be selected from among the 32 assembly members, which is how Vitézy came into the picture, who is also not accepted by the parties.

If elected on Nov 27, they would take up their post on the same day.

According to the mayor’s proposal, the deputy mayors would be entitled to a monthly salary of 1,350,000 forints, which is 90 percent of the mayor’s salary.