With the votes of DK, Momentum, LMP, the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party and the Civil Zugló Association, the Zugló representative body elected István Bernula as the CEO of Zuglói Városzádzálkógi Közszolgáltató Zrt. on Monday. Socialist mayor Csaba Horváth vetoed the decision earlier in vain. The decision was made at a closed meeting, read in Magyar Hírlap.

The assumption of the position of CEO of the largest municipal company in Zugló was preceded by quite a storm. DK and its ally, Momentum, withdrew from the board meeting in July after Mayor Csaba Horváth tried to prevent the election of the candidate advocated by DK by removing the matter from the agenda. For this reason, the board had to be reconvened, which then elected István Bernula to the head of the municipal company, Zuglói Városzádzálkógi Közszolgáltató Zrt., with a qualified majority. Previously, the municipal company was managed by the brother-in-law of MSZP deputy mayor Hajdu Flórián.

Socialist mayor Csaba Horváth exercised a veto in any case, so the decision could not take effect. The local government law only provides a short deadline in such cases, but the mayor of Zugló chose to violate the law by omission, which is why the representatives only decided on the election of the general manager at the board meeting on August 29. No details of the closed meeting were leaked, but it is known that Bernula was repeatedly elected with the votes of the same parties.

László Várnai, the representative of the local government of the Civil Zugló Association, previously wrote on his blog about the selection of the leader, that the socialists are afraid of the "new broom" that will clean out from the company the two dozen political dependents of former MSZP member of parliament Csaba Tóth, the local chairman of the MSZP. According to Várnai, many skeletons may fall out of the closets during the vetting, and "friendship contracts" may emerge. The previous due diligence showed the tip of the iceberg - the independent representative wrote - but it also indicated twenty to thirty percent redundant staff at the City Management Company, the representative noted.

the full article in Magyar Hírlap .

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