Fidesz submits proposals as opposition in the Budapest Municipal Assembly – UPDATE

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance is starting off the Budapest municipal assembly’s new term by submitting three proposals to the body, Alexandra Szentkirályi, the head of Fidesz’s Budapest chapter, said on Tuesday.

Szentkirályi said on Facebook that the Fidesz group’s first proposal calls for increasing the number of joint patrols by police and Budapest Law Enforcement Directorate (FORI) officers and creating the conditions for 24-hour patrols where necessary to bolster public safety.

Budapest police and FORI officers clocked up more than 22,500 joint patrol hours in 2018 and some 37,000 in 2019, she said, adding that the administration of Gergely Karácsony, the incumbent mayor, had reduced this to 2,022 hours.

She called on the city administration to examine the necessary powers and personnel developments to make Budapest’s streets and underpasses safer.

Szentkirályi said the second proposal concerned homelessness. It calls for assessing the situation of homeless people, quantifying the size of the homeless population, and preparing an action plan for strengthening the city’s social care system.

Szentkirályi urged the city administration to involve civil groups, churches and homeless shelters in the process.

Fidesz’s third proposal concerns public cleanliness and calls on the mayor to reinstall the 3,000 public rubbish bins that were scrapped four years ago, Szentkirályi said.

As we wrote yesterday, Péter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza Party, told that Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony’s interview with news portal Telex on Monday is “full of lies and self-contradictions, details HERE.