Socialists to file police report on alleged attempt to topple government

Budapest, February 24 (MTI) – With a view to shedding light on recent allegations made by György Matolcsy that a foreign power had attempted to topple the government and the leadership of the central bank, the Socialist Party announced on Friday it is filing a report to police against unidentified perpetrators suspected of espionage and other crimes against the Hungarian state.

During a Wednesday briefing to lawmakers concerning the 2015 report of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH), Matolcsy said the scandal surrounding the Questor Group stockbroking firm was part of an plot to unseat the government and the bank’s leaders by the embassy of a “major NATO-ally”.

The Socialists said in a statement they wanted to find out whether Matolcsy was simply “talking rubbish” or was negligent of reporting a serious crime to the police and parliament.

Source: MTI