"Sára Botond, although mayor, does not yet have the authority to issue instructions to the capital city government," responded Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss.
"We regret that the naming of a public area became a small-scale political dispute. An internationally recognized and legitimately elected prime minister in Hungary deserved to have a public area named after him"
– the XIII. The district municipality Népszava 's question in the following way: according to Sára Botond, head of the capital's government office (former Fidesz mayor of Józsefváros), the promenade named after Gyula Horn must be renamed within thirty days.
The paper added that last summer, the capital's general assembly consented to a promenade in Angyalföld bearing the name of the former MSZP prime minister. "We know that Gyula Horn was on the wrong side of history.
When we name a street (promenade) after him, we also believe that confessed sins can be forgiven"
- argued Mayor Gergely Karácsony during the vote. Representatives of Fidesz, which is in the minority in the capital, did not support the proposal.
As our portal also wrote Sára Botond, as the head of the government office, called on the general assembly to change the name within thirty days, because a public area or public institution cannot bear the name of a person who was born in the 20th century. participated in the foundation, construction or maintenance of autocratic political systems in the 19th century.
According to Kiss Ambrus, however, the government office made a so-called legality observation, thus
the general meeting is not obliged to change the name of the public area named after Gyula Horn.
The General Assembly will discuss the issue within thirty days. If he maintains this position, then "Sára Botond will have the opportunity to go to court in this case, as has happened before. Then it will be clear how the court will judge the case," Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss summarized his opinion.
The Mandiner asked an expert in the case whether the Karácsonys can defy the government office? The Capital City insists on the name, but the General Assembly cannot legally ignore the decision - pointed out Levente Szikra, analyst of the Center for Fundamental Rights. The analyst said that the Basic Law and the Local Government Act refer to the authority of the government to supervise the legality of local governments, which the government provides through the capital and county government offices. This means that, contrary to the legally erroneous statement of the deputy mayor, the government office does have the authority to overrule certain local government decisions in the event that they conflict with the law, the expert detailed. If the board were to do so, the government office could initiate a court case in order to annul the illegal decision, or initiate a review of the subsidies granted to the local government at the expense of the central budget.
Source: Mandarin
Photo: MTI-Honéczy Barnabás
