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Opposition DK refuses to pay Audit Office fine
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The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) party has refused to pay a 16 million forint (EUR 52,000) fine imposed by the State Audit Office (ÁSZ), the party’s deputy head told the press on Monday.
The ÁSZ decision said that the party has rented offices under market value, Csaba Molnár said. The decision has neglected “to name at least the offices in question”, he said.
According to Molnár, it has been “proven” that
the ÁSZ “acts upon orders by ruling Fidesz” and “levies fines on one opposition party after another”.
It is a way “to strip these parties of chunks of their state funding” months before the election, he said.
DK has notified the audit office of their decision in a letter, and said it “will not pay a farthing” of the “unlawful” fine. DK will also appeal to EU institutions regarding the issue, Molnar added. Should DK be elected to government, ÁSZ leader László Domokos “and his cronies” will have to answer for their actions before court, he said.