The citizens of the capital are threatened with money collection and austerity, the Ministry of Energy wrote in connection with Gergelyek Karácsony's plans to raise water rates.
According to the ministry, the mayor is responsible for the operation of the water works under his jurisdiction, and despite his increased tax revenues, he has pushed Hungary's most powerful municipality to the brink of bankruptcy. According to Gábor Bagdy, the representative of the Fidesz-KDNP in the capital, the capital is in its final hours financially, which only you can do about.
"The operation of the Capital Waterworks is the responsibility of the mayor. Gergely Karácsony took over the capital with 214 billion in savings and has an ever-increasing business tax revenue. Despite this, he brought the country's richest municipality to the brink of bankruptcy, and now that the money has run out, he is attacking the government at the behest of Gyurcsány, wants to collect money everywhere and threatens the people of Budapest with austerity," wrote the Ministry of Energy in response to the fact that the price of BKK tickets after its drastic increase, a water price increase is also expected in Budapest.
- The capital is in its final hours financially, they cannot refer to external reasons - Gábor Bagdy, the representative of the capital's Fidesz-KDNP, pointed out in this regard. He reminded: the financial situation of the capital is getting worse every day, despite the fact that they inherited more than two hundred billion from the previous capital led by István Tarlós.
Reacting to the fact that Gergely Karácsony's city administration will file a lawsuit against the Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (MEKH) in order to find out how much it costs to extract a cubic meter of water and transport it via pipeline, the representative stated: the capital's management is starting a communication game, when he starts to litigate, this was also visible with the solidarity tax.
Deputy Mayor Kata Tüttő said: they have to take money from the capital's budget and public lighting in order to be able to pay the water fees, which means a huge loss for the capital. According to Gábor Bagdy, this is demagoguery, because the capital would have had other options, for example, it would not have had to pay so many dividends to the Capital Sewerage Works.
