Fidesz calls for probe of opposition politician’s assets

Budapest, March 20 (MTI) – The governing Fidesz party has called for a parliamentary investigation into the assets of Péter Juhász, co-leader of the small opposition Együtt (Together) party.

István Hollik, a deputy of the ruling parties, told a press conference that “there have been more and more questions” about Juhász’s financial situation and he has not provided answers.

Hollik asked Juhász, who was present at the press conference, about his flat, for which the rent is allegedly higher than the politician’s income.

Juhász said that his income was supplemented with private donations. He added that none of those donations had exceeded the 150,000 forint threshold which legally requires inclusion in his asset declaration.

Juhász ironically thanked Fidesz and commercial television channel TV2 for a recent interview with him, focusing on the same subject, after which he said he received “millions of forints” in donations.

Juhász also pledged to continue his efforts to uncover more information about the prime minister’s wealth, and insisted that Viktor Orban, his family and friends have accumulated estates with a total area of 5,000 hectares.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters