"I will push homeless people without limbs onto the street, because I won't know what to do," says Gábor Iványi, on behalf of the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood (MET), to the world.

But he knows what to do. Pay your taxes, pay your workers' compensation, don't accumulate public debt, and

perform the task that he undertook himself in exchange for state support.

In the past 13 years, the MET and the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület have received HUF 8.6 billion in state support for social tasks alone. Where did the money go? Why did MET have so much public debt that the organization reached the point where it could not fulfill its payment obligations to its own employees? These are the basic questions.

But Gábor Iványi does not deal with this, instead he openly and proudly uses the most vulnerable as hostages for his personal fight.

It is repulsive and despicable to default on the needy and vulnerable people. This is the situation here.

In contrast to the completely untrue statements made in recent days, the following are the facts regarding the MET and the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület:

• the 2 organizations provide social services in a total of 1,000 places, not 20,000.

• the tasks they perform are done with state support, they have received a total of HUF 8.6 billion since 2010

• In Budapest, only 5% of the homeless shelters are maintained

• nationwide, a total of 240 organizations participate in homeless care, of which 28 organizations, apart from MET and the Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület, receive normative funding for NGOs. In their case - unlike MET and the Protection Charitable Association - we do not know of any tax debt, they perform their duties stably.

• if MET decides to terminate its services, the state and local governments will take care of the needy under their responsibility. Responsibilities for the organization of social services are included in the Social Act.

• all social service providers have a legal obligation to notify the government office 3 or 6 months before the possible termination of the service. The MET did not use such an official signal.

Whoever undertakes tasks in the social field with state funding also sets an example with his stance and actions.

Currently, Gábor Iványi is endangering those entrusted to him with his actions and stance, and he is acting irresponsibly towards his own MET employees.

I am confident that taking responsibility for others can surpass personalization, and that MET, like other service providers, fulfills the basic expectations: it complies with the laws, pays the tax, and fulfills its obligations.

Attila Fülöp, State Secretary responsible for care policy at the Ministry of the Interior

Publisher: Ministry of the Interior

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