Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, must give answers in connection with a “scandal” surrounding the recent revamp of the city’s landmark Chain Bridge, the Fidesz-Christian Democrats group leader in Budapest, Zsolt Wintermantel, on said on Tuesday.
Wintermantel said on Facebook that the mayor had remained silent for several weeks, despite reports of a tax office raid of the company that Karácsony had opted for to carry out the project.
He said the revamp ended up costing 5 billion forints (EUR 13.2m) more than originally budgeted, even though less work had been completed than originally planned.
Wintermantel also insisted that the relevant company had been mired in scandal involving the use of false receipts for tax purposes. “Gergely Karácsony owes Budapest residents answers,” he said.
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Complete crap from Fidesz. The budget for the bridge was made in Jan 2021 for 26.75 billion forints. I have never seen any major government infrastructure project not go over budget as far as I can remember. A 5 billion overrun on this project is quite moderate and how on earth can anyone not factor in the Fidesz caused inflation that took place over the past three years. If the company used false tax receipts that is for the company to answer and not the mayor of Budapest. This looks like a political persecution job by Fidesz against the Budapest government but that is what Fidesz has been doing for many many years.