Péter Magyar: Orbán-close oligarchs will be put in detention soon
Péter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party and the main challenger of PM Orbán, wrote in a Facebook post that Orbán-close oligarchs will be arrested in days following the wealth loss scandal of the PADME foundation of the National Bank of Hungary. However, he said the perpetrator, the Matolcsy family, would not be held responsible because they would surrender most of their “stolen” assets to Orbán’s family, probably his son-in-law, István Tiborcz.
Matolcsy-Orbán agreement reached
Magyar shared more in his Facebook post about the issue, but Ákos Hadházy, a non-aligned member of the Hungarian Parliament, wrote earlier about that scheme. Hadházy wrote that the Matolcsy clan’s main error was disloyalty to Orbán and that the former national bank governor dared to criticise some economic policies and sought connections with opposition figures in secret. Therefore, his accusation will be similar to when the Communists execute impertinent leaders in China.
Hadházy said that the agreement between Matolcsy and Orbán has already been signed. Consequently, the Matolcsy family will give away most of the “stolen” assets to István Tiborcz, the prime minister’s son-in-law. If that happens, the police investigation will last long. Hadházy added that he could not prove that, but he qualified the source of that information as valid.
Orbán-close oligarchs to be arrested, Magyar says
Péter Magyar, the challenger of PM Orbán, wrote the same in a Facebook post published 1.5 hours later, saying that some Orbán-close oligarchs would be arrested in days. However, nobody should be distracted; that will only be a theatrical element in the long run because the agreement has already been reached between the two “clans”. He added that such a step is required because the National Bank scandal affects Swiss and Polish companies, so it has an international aspect. Magyar also wrote about Swiss castles, New York properties, restaurants, sports cars and hundreds of billions of forints among the assets in question.
The luxury life of the daughter-in-law of the former national bank governor:
Magyar added that the government started to build up the image of János Lázár, the construction and transport minister who openly slammed government-close entrepreneurs leading a luxury life and called them ticks as the purger of oligarchs. Magyar called that cynicism since Lázár is a huge landlord and accumulated, among others, a luxury shop, a castle and tens of billions of forints.
In his Thursday speech, Lázár did not slam people who acquired wealth with governmental help. He only criticised those who did not pump back money for “public purposes”. Instead, they used the money they gained to lead a luxurious life, buying yachts, etc. They called on them to stop to win back the support of their voters.
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