Whatever happens or doesn't happen in the city, Karácsony's first thing is to name someone responsible. It could be the prime minister, it could be his predecessor, it could be anyone else. It is certain that he is not - former mayor István Tarlós, chief adviser to the prime minister, emphasized in a statement to Magyar Hírlap. He further stated that it is not Karácsony's fault about the toll or congestion charge, but if the parking fees are raised so brutally in the city center and in the inner areas, a very unfavorable situation will arise in the outer districts.

According to István Tarlós, Fidesz's chances in Budapest are improving. For a very long time, the capital was not considered a strong base for Fidesz. Today, although the turnout in mid-term elections is usually very low, I say that the way things are going now, the trend is hopeful. - said the former chief civil officer. I see the main reason in the fact that the opposition is simply not credible and not capable of governing. As is the case at the national level, so is the case in Budapest. Haste, lack of concept, lack of situational awareness, they can't handle themselves. In fact, this opposition alliance is fundamentally unnatural. They also believed in the parliamentary election that the votes of the sympathizers of the various parties would be added automatically. Well, it turns out that this is not the case at all. In summary: the voters do not need this powerful, capable, nonsensical, perpetually threatening, accusing opposition.

The City Hall is a huge office with nearly 800 people. In addition to this comes the capital's business empire. In total, we are talking about a human infrastructure of at least 30,000 people. According to unanimous feedback, there is no unified leadership there today, which is a big problem. The other observation is that there is no logical order of preference for the developments. The Prime Minister and I established the Metropolitan Public Development Council, which worked very well for about a year. Today it practically only exists formally. There is no practical cooperation with the government, which is essential for the city. It is only apparent that the green policy is at the center of the advertisement on a forced political basis. This is not done in a professional way either, but interspersed with quite peculiar phenomena, which even the civil greens have not rated in the most positive way in recent times.

It is unrealistic to think that major projects can be tendered directly by the city, bypassing the government. Furthermore, Union mills grind very slowly.

I see less than a minimal chance that the Union will be able to change the rules within a year or two. Not to mention that the Union cannot and does not give subsidies for operation. And today, judging by the signs, the Capital also has a lack of operating funds, while it spends on voluntary tasks, which the law does not allow.

The problem is that the city administration spent money on God knows what, which is at least questionable.

The opposition media will obviously defend the mayor and his performance to the hilt, which is understandable from his point of view. He has done this so far. How fair or not is always dependent on who is on which side. I also see that, for example, when the trees are pruned on the Szilágyi Erzsébet tree row, it appears in the opposition media that the Szilágyi Erzsébet tree row is being renewed. From which it can be concluded that the busy main road in Budapest is being renovated, while the branches were just removed from the trees. I think that the current mayor and I are basically very different personalities. He is an essential humane person with a rather specific education. It is true that I once graduated from a humanities high school, but I was still an engineer at one time, and for example, I put a lot more emphasis on city management - but also on development projects - I thought differently and tried to be systematic. I can't see into their inner workings, so I don't want to harshly criticize.

 

Source and full interview: 888.hu

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