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Mayor: Government to take Budapest transport back to Middle Ages
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Gergely Karácsony told an online press briefing that the government should discard its plan and preserve the integrated transport system which had served suburban residents well for the past 20 years.
At least half a million people would get poorer but dearer services if government plans were implemented, Karácsony said, adding that operating the public transport system would still cost taxpayers the same.
He said the plan was “incomprehensible” and expressed hope that transport ministry officials would come back to the negotiating table.
“If they cannot help, they should at least not make things worse,” he said, noting that the HÉV lines and trains had not been renovated since the service was nationalised in 2016, “MÁV is in crisis throughout the country” and cancellations in Volan services “are making transport more difficult for residents in central Hungary”.
He also said that while the government was introducing a law to protect national sovereignty, it was holding consultations with Arab investors concerning the development of the valuable Rákosrendező area of Budapest instead of discussing plans with the city leaders before looking for investors.
When you are a failure, the best approach is to blame someone else for your failure. The mayor of Budapest, Karacsony Gergely, has utterly mismanaged the budget and the city under his control, possibly stolen millions of funds, and now conveniently blames the FIDESZ government by Karacsony’s administration not having funds to pay MAV and Volan as per the standing contract! Who elected this schmuck as Mayor of Budapest?!
When you are a failure, the best approach is to blame someone else for your failure. The mayor of Budapest, Karacsony Gergely, has utterly mismanaged the budget and the city under his control, possibly stolen millions of funds, and now conveniently blames the FIDESZ government by Karacsony’s administration not having funds to pay MAV and Volan as per the standing contract! Who elected this schmuck as Mayor of Budapest?!