Fidesz conducts local survey on Socialist mayor and prime ministerial candidate’s wealth

Ruling Fidesz has carried out a survey in Szeged to find out what the city thinks about Socialist mayor and prime ministerial candidate László Botka’s accumulation of wealth, a lawmaker of the co-ruling Christian Democrats said on Monday.

Altogether 86 percent of the survey’s respondents said Botka should account for luxury belongings he had failed to disclose in his asset declaration, István Hollik told a press conference detailing the results of the survey.

Among such luxury belongings, Hollik noted a 25 million forint (EUR 81,000) SUV used by Botka’s wife and the mayor’s luxury watch.

The survey revealed that most Szeged residents were aware that Botka had tried to keep these belongings secret and that Fidesz’s local council group had initiated an asset-declaration procedure against him, Hollik said. Most residents say it is wrong for Botka to exclude his luxury belongings from his asset declaration while campaigning for the rich to pay their fair share, he added.