Hungarian Court Upholds Reduction of Opposition Party Funding
The ruling confirms the legitimacy of funding cuts to three opposition parties based on financial irregularities.
The Budapest Municipal Court has ruled that the Hungarian State Treasury lawfully reduced the funding for three opposition parties: LMP (the Politics Can Be Different), Párbeszéd (Dialogue for Hungary), and Momentum.
This decision was announced following the court's release of a statement on Tuesday, reinforcing the Treasury's actions.
The State Audit Office (ÁSZ) had investigated the campaign financing for these parties during the 2022 parliamentary elections and concluded that they had unlawfully accepted financial contributions.
Consequently, the ASZ demanded that the parties repay the funds to the central budget.
In accordance with the findings from the ASZ's investigation, the State Treasury adjusted the parties’ funding from the central budget in an amount equivalent to the value of the unlawfully accepted contributions.
The lawsuit was initiated by the three parties against the State Treasury in the administrative division of the Budapest Municipal Court.
The plaintiffs sought the annulment of the Treasury's decision and a judicial review of the ASZ's report.
In its ruling on Tuesday, the court found the claims of the parties to be unfounded and dismissed the lawsuit.
Additionally, the court ordered the plaintiffs to bear the costs of the proceedings.
The court noted that both the ASZ's investigation and the subsequent decisions made by the State Treasury were lawful.
There is no option for appeal against the ruling.
This decision was announced following the court's release of a statement on Tuesday, reinforcing the Treasury's actions.
The State Audit Office (ÁSZ) had investigated the campaign financing for these parties during the 2022 parliamentary elections and concluded that they had unlawfully accepted financial contributions.
Consequently, the ASZ demanded that the parties repay the funds to the central budget.
In accordance with the findings from the ASZ's investigation, the State Treasury adjusted the parties’ funding from the central budget in an amount equivalent to the value of the unlawfully accepted contributions.
The lawsuit was initiated by the three parties against the State Treasury in the administrative division of the Budapest Municipal Court.
The plaintiffs sought the annulment of the Treasury's decision and a judicial review of the ASZ's report.
In its ruling on Tuesday, the court found the claims of the parties to be unfounded and dismissed the lawsuit.
Additionally, the court ordered the plaintiffs to bear the costs of the proceedings.
The court noted that both the ASZ's investigation and the subsequent decisions made by the State Treasury were lawful.
There is no option for appeal against the ruling.
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