Péter Magyar, leader of Hungary's Tisza Party, announced that his party will return one hundred million forints that had been donated to it by György Wáberer five days before the elections. Wáberer claimed that he had been supporting Tisza for more than a year and that this was part of long-term support totaling more than one hundred million forints. Magyar, however, assured that their party had not previously received any contributions from him and that Wáberer sent these five installments of twenty million forints each only shortly before the decisive vote. HVG ↗
Magyar emphasized that he wants to avoid even the impression that their party could be connected with any influential businesspeople or oligarchs on either side of the political spectrum. According to him, transferring these funds back is part of a strategy to maintain the independence and cleanliness of the political brand. Telex ↗
While the Tisza Party was celebrating its election victory, the situation at the propaganda agency Megafon became uncertain. Its leadership expressed pessimism about the future following the change of government brought about by Tisza's victory. teraz.sk ↗
Magyar's nomination of his brother-in-law for the post of Minister of Justice also stirred controversy on the political scene. Opposition politician László Toroczkai criticized this move as an example of the nepotism allegedly also practiced by the previous Fidesz government. Index.hu ↗
Magyar to return 100 million forints from Wáberer, seeking to avoid suspicion of oligarchic influence
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