Márta V. Naszály, Gergely Karácsony's favorite mayor, instead of finding a solution to save the Ruszwurm confectionary, decided instead to lock it down. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of bribery.
"It is very sad that we have come to this point. Instead of finding a solution to save the Ruszwurm confectionary, the mayor decided to close it after having a fight with Miklós Szamos. For this reason, within a few weeks, he will rather take the world-famous confectionary from the first district. The local government is also doing very poorly, it can hardly collect its claims of hundreds of millions of forints," said László Böröcz.
The government politician stated that if he had been up to it, he would have definitely found a solution to save the Ruszwurm, and the local government would have benefited in addition to the public of the pastry shop.
The Fidesz mayoral candidate of the 1st district reminded that Márta V. Naszályi maintained a remarkably good relationship with Miklós Szamos until the 2019 municipal elections, and repeatedly defended him at board meetings. This continued even after his election as mayor, and he immediately suspended the lawsuit between the municipality and the company.
Then something must have happened, because the trial was restarted.
"Szamos recently accused the mayor of asking her for protection money, to which she said no. Now you can close the pastry shop for revenge. This is not the first case of this kind for the mayor, previously she wanted to close the Asztalka pastry shop in Tabán, the majority of the board was able to intervene, so the famous local pastry shop was saved," the politician concluded.
The police are investigating the corruption scandal linked to mayor Márta V. Naszályi on suspicion of accepting a bribe. Miklós Szamos, the owner of the Ruszwurm confectionery, filed a complaint in the case, claiming that the mayor of the 1st district asked him for protection money.
The prosecutor's papers also mention that 3-4 months before the municipal elections, Márta V. Naszályi asked Szamos if he would financially support his campaign, because if so, she would put him in such a situation that Szamos could not be kicked out of the confectionery.
The Ruszwurm confectionary is located in the Buda castle, in building No. 7 Szentáromság utca. Confectioner Ferenc Schwabl started his business here in 1827.
Miraculously, the equipment survived the sieges of 1849 and 1944, despite significant building damage. In the first year of the regime change, in 1990, privatization accelerated in Hungary. The Ruszwurm confectionary was taken over by a foreign-owned company, and its fate became uncertain. At that time, the sons and grandsons of the namesake of the Szamos Marzipan brand, Mátyás Szamos, rented it, and in 1990 they bought the right to use the confectionary forever: it is still owned by Miklós Szamos and his daughters.
It is clear that the pastry shop is an integral part of Hungarian history, which was endangered regardless of the suspicion of corruption.
Cover image: No compromise was reached, the world-famous confectionery will close
Source: Facebook/Ruszwurm Cukrászda
