The Budapest government office on Friday said it had received “multiple complaints” from GPs that left-wing district councils were failing to provide staff to assist them in the administrative tasks connected to the Covid-19 inoculation campaign.
The working group coordinating vaccinations within the pandemic operative board asked local councils months ago to provide staff for GP offices, to facilitate duties such as fixing appointments and other paperwork, the government office said, calling the shirking of such functions “unacceptable”.
In response, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony and 14 district mayors signed a statement calling the government office’s claims “lies”.
Local councils are in regular contact with the “GPs doing superhuman work and provide all help possible under the law”, the statement said.
Local authorities are “ready and able” to aid the inoculation campaign by providing venues and staff, the statement said. The city municipality and district offices have launched several initiatives to do so, but “mostly only received political attacks in return”, the statement said.
The statement accused the government and the Budapest government office of
“wasting time on vile and sordid political attacks while Hungary keeps hitting tragic records and its [Covid] mortality rate is among the worst in the world”.
“The government office and its leadership should finally recognise that there are no Fidesz districts and leftist districts when it comes to the pandemic protection efforts, only Budapest citizens who deserve effective action instead of political soundbites,” the statement said.
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The government office’s duty should be to facilitate a swift and transparent inoculation campaign together with Budapest’s district local councils, the statement said.
Source: MTI
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Looks like the govt is short of arguments to justify its many failures.
Mario – yet again – has demonstrated his total stupidity and ignorance.
The D.K. (or DOBREV KLARA party) mayor for the 14th District in Budapest recently RETURNED vaccines to the Government because those provided did not COMPLY with that person’s ‘political beliefs’.
Like Mario, he stated ONLY vaccines approved by the E.U. would be acceptable in that area and used this a reason for ‘non-cooperation’ with Hungary’s central Government.
Not surprisingly, the local population – which was not consulted by him – is ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS with that individual’s actions !
Which makes us ALL wonder what Mario will do WHEN the present Hungarian Government is re-elected in 2022 at the next general action.
Here’s a suggestion, Mario – you self-insert a stick of dynamite rectally and there will be no shortage of volunteers to light the fuse (from a safe distance, of course – the S…T of which you are so full will go everywhere and create one hell of a mess).