We have returned to the era of Gábor Demszky, when the future of Budapest was put into debt - said Gábor Bagdy. The representative from the ruling party in Budapest responded to Metropol that the City Hall ended the year with a deficit of almost 17 billion.
At City Hall, all kinds of trickery is going on, while serious problems are being covered up with a "blanket". Gergely Karácsony excuses himself by pointing to a systematic government, who accuse the government of things that are completely unjustified. For example, the lack of 14 billion BKV support, which the government never promised the capital. Only the latter planned it in his budget as his own idea, saying that it would be paid for anyway. So "the bomb can explode" at any moment, but the Karácsonys have the decision as to when to show the real situation of the capital. It is absolutely clear that sooner or later a bankruptcy situation will arise - noted István Tarlós, former financial deputy. He added: The behavior of the current left-wing leadership of Budapest is not practical, as it asks the government to attack it politically...
...Kiss Ambrus, general deputy mayor, like Karácsony, blames the government for the financial situation. What he said:
The government did not even receive a response to BKV's 14 billion energy compensation request until the end of 2022, not that money was forthcoming. At the end of the year, it was therefore necessary to increase the resources devoted to public transport from the capital budget by almost HUF 10 billion. This also shows that if the capital's 2022 loan application had been approved, and the government had received a positive response to BKV's energy compensation request, they could have closed the 2022 budget with a positive balance...
Gábor Bagdy, a politician from the government party, has this to say:
...The leadership of the capital blames why the government does not grant permission for borrowing, while all professionally competent people know: the capital cannot get a single penny of credit when it has an operating loss.... This is obvious, since no loan is given to a family that has more expenses than its income. Today, companies in the capital take out overdrafts, which of course have to be repaid by the capital, as BKV can only receive funds from the capital. At the same time, they are deeply silent about the fact that they have already received the 12 billion transport regulations from the government. Not to mention the fact that in the meantime there is also positive news from the perspective of the capital. Namely, the business tax revenue has now also become several tens of billions more than the draft. Next year, they hope for a surplus of 100 billion, in my opinion, realistically. But then perhaps it should also be said that there are not only difficulties here, but also opportunities...
...The City Hall led by Tarlós paid off the debts accumulated by Gáborék Demszky, so Budapest had no credit when the former mayor left. Moreover, 200 billion forints were left in the coffers of the capital, which, according to Bagdy, has now completely disappeared...
civilek.info:
Darkness, fog, this is what accompanies the capital's financial situation. We only know about revelations, but nothing about the expenses against the City Hall's income. Of course, some "little things" can be found out, let's say a good example of this is the case of Lánchíd. There, for example, it turned out that the already prepared but suspended investment ended up being 5 billion more expensive and, as they say professionally, was realized with "narrowed technical content". Which, translated into Hungarian, means: less work was done for more money. Brilliant! And who knows how many other such investments brought the money?
Of course, there are also mysterious items here. For example: how much does the "work" of 40 consultants cost and what useful advice did they give for that money? Since it is a question of public money - because what else would the capital city be able to operate with, if not public money -, the civic request is not from the devil: let's make the list of "what for what" public. A pettiness? Maybe, but a lot of little goes a long way. Account for our money and don't complain about what the government isn't doing, how much money Budapest's leadership would demand.
Source: Metropol
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