January 28th, 2010

Fidesz launches legal suit against former PM, finance ministry

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Opposition Fidesz has launched a legal suit against former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and the finance minister at the time Janos Veres, accusing them of having misled the electorate with inaccurate data on the situation of Hungary’s budget, a Fidesz official told a news conference on Wednesday.

Istvan Balsai said that Gyurcsany had himself admitted that the government lied to the electorate in the run-up to the general election in spring 2006 about the state of Hungary’s finances.

In response, the Finance Ministry said the suit was unnecessary, citing a final verdict of a Budapest court which stated earlier that the Hungarian authorities had not concealed any data concerning public finances and the government debt since 2003.

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  1. Death says:
    March 7, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Good Idea.
    I’d be pissed off if there was so LITTLE MONEY left to steal in the NAtional Bank….
    Hrdly worth getting into power for such a small reward..
    But there is always the EU money to be Stolen..
    Panic Over………….