Tisza Party slams Hungarian health secretary over propaganda spending, calls for resignation amid healthcare crisis
The opposition Tisza Party’s health spokesman has called on the state secretary for health to outline a programme to reform Hungary’s health-care sector “instead of peddling propaganda”.
András Kulja, an MEP who is also Tisza’s health spokesman, said in a post on Facebook on Monday that some health-care facilities needed basic refurbishments, yet the government planned to spend more than 3 billion forints on fireworks this year, and 1,500 billion forints were given to Chinese battery factories which were withdrawing from the country.
He accused state secretary for health Péter Takács of spending “several hundred thousand forints a day” on “propaganda” videos using a team of five people to present a rosy picture of Hungarian health care, adding that instead the official should reveal to Hungarians “how they intend to solve the shortage of nurses and doctors” and ensure basic care for Hungarians.
Kulja also insisted that the foreign minister and his family owned high-end speakers costing 3 million forints, while the head of the cabinet office’s wife wore clothes and jewels worth millions. He also accused the son of the former central bank of stealing 600 billion forints from the National Bank of Hungary with impunity.
The Tisza politician called on the state secretary to resign, while he said “someone who understands health care” should take his place.
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