"From today, we are forced to regard the investigative authorities as servants of the Fidesz campaign," criticized the police procedure, the mayor of Budapest said.
"The police have also become a tool of Fidesz propaganda, investigative authorities have been involved in political discrediting campaigns - they have crossed this red line as well. They will be held accountable for it," wrote Gergely Karácsony on his social media page on Monday.
The mayor reacted on his social media page to the fact that house searches had begun in the City Hall case . The news was also confirmed by ORFK . As it was written: on Monday, the National Bureau of Investigation conducted house searches at several locations in connection with Városháza-gate.
The authorities are investigating the case for influence peddling, fraud, embezzlement, bribery and accepting bribes.
According to the index, among other things, investigators also appeared at the headquarters of the Budapest Capital Management Center Zrt. on Attila út.
A house search was also held at the City Hall with the chief clerk and Ambrus Kiss, general deputy mayor.
"This morning, two units of the National Investigation Bureau appeared at the City Hall to search the office of the capital's chief registrar and General Deputy Mayor Kiss Ambrus. There was a house search at the Capital Asset Management Company, the police went to the apartment of my deputy and the CEO of the asset management company," complained Gergely Karácsony on his social media page.
The mayor of Budapest evaluated the police's activities as follows: from today, no one is safe in this country."
As he put it:
"as of today, we are forced to regard the investigative authorities as servants of the Fidesz campaign".
You can see Gergely Karácsony's full post below:
Source: Facebook
