The Demszky era returned with the mayorship of Gergely Karácsony. Gergely Karácsony does what Gábor Demszky does: nothing. He just complains and argues with the government. A staff member of Vasarnap.hu spoke with Gábor Bagdy, the president of the Christian Democratic People's Party's capital organization.
- What is the situation of the capital now?
- When we took over the management of Budapest in 2010 with the mayorship of István Tarlós In addition, BKV had an operating deficit of HUF 70 billion. It was a very heavy inheritance, but in nine years it was possible to cut down this huge debt.
Moreover, in the fall of 2019, we left HUF 200 billion in the capital's account, which is how we handed it over to the new city administration.
"What happened to this amount?"
– Gergely Karácsony's city administration spent 87 billion of this in 2020 and 64 billion in 2021. The remaining amount will be spent this year. Have you run out of savings and what do you want to do now? Take a loan. The Demszky era returned with the mayorship of Gergely Karácsony. It is clear that Gergely Karácsony does what Gábor Demszky : nothing. He just complains and argues with the government. It should be realized that Budapest cannot be managed in such a way that its leader constantly quarrels with the government, because Budapest and the whole country belong together.
Budapest is the nation's capital, the home of all Hungarians.
Therefore, many investments are needed that affect the entire country.
– Savings have dried up, but what happened during this time?
- During the two and a half years, essentially nothing happened in Budapest. We also saw that Gergely Karácsony, instead of dealing with his duties as mayor, cherished grand political dreams - with little success. City management is a serious professional task, not an afterthought. It is unfortunate that Gergely Karácsony did not prepare for the mayoralty even before his election, but it is even more disappointing that he did not try to reduce these shortcomings in recent years.
The full article from Vasarnap.hu can be read here.
Author and image: Gábor Tóth
