PM Orbán’s MEP to examine purported USAID “corruption machinery”
The newly appointed government commissioner for examining funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) told public radio on Sunday that his work involved a “highly complicated” system with a huge number of foundations and cross-financing.
András László, who is also a Fidesz MEP, said the “corruption machinery” of USAID had involved over ten billion US dollars, some of which had gone to Hungary.
He said partners in the US had been contacted and the goal was to travel there as soon as possible for talks, then “cut off the tentacles of corruption” in Hungary, too.
László said the lion’s share of the work was being undertaken on the American side, adding that 90 percent of USAID funding for projects abroad had ceased, while 95-98 percent of USAID staff were expected to be laid off. After a review, USAID will be wound up, he said.
László noted that the US secretary of state had said USAID had supported far-left, Marxist projects around the world.
The Hungarian government, along with the Trump administration, is committed to ending those projects, undertaken with funding for organisations “masquerading” as NGOs, he said.
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