Socialists demand release of Quaestor chief’s letter to Orban

Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – The Socialist Party has demanded the release of a letter Csaba Tarsoly, chief of Quaestor brokerage, sent to Viktor Orban, the prime minister, as well as the minutes and recording of the Feb. 25 cabinet session.

Zoltan Lukacs, the party’s deputy leader, told a news conference on Friday that the letter would shed light on whether a crime had been committed and could also prove the charge of insider dealing. He insisted there was a suspicion that a crime had indeed taken place, but the job of collecting the evidence fell to the authorities. The party is waiting to see whether the police search the cabinet office and the foreign ministry with a view to seizing the letter as evidence, he added.

The Socialists expect the government to release the letter, however, and to make clear the route it took in the public administration system, Lukacs said.