Slovak man charged with using fake Hungarian licence plate to get cheaper fuel price
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Charges have been raised against a Slovak man who tried to use a fake Hungarian licence plate when refueling his vehicle in western Hungary so that he would be eligible for the capped fuel price, the Zala County Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday.
Earlier this year, the government limited the fuel price cap of 480 forints (EUR 1.19) per litre to top-ups of vehicles with Hungarian number plates to put the squeeze on petrol tourism.
The 29-year-old man in question was passing through Hungary on his way back to Slovakia from a holiday in Croatia early last month, Csaba Pirger, the spokesman of the prosecutor’s office, told MTI. When he reached Nagykanizsa, he wanted to top up his car, but replaced his licence plate with a fake plastic Hungarian one he had obtained in Slovakia so that he would be eligible for the capped fuel price.
Slovak man and the rest of Slovakia’s population has a chance to obtain cheaper gas. Their government rather be a puppet and stop buying Russian energy. The remedy is in the hands of the people, elect a different government, one that puts Slovakia’s population first.