Mayor stays in workplace – Budapester Zeitung – 2024-06-29 16:58:31

Budapest

Written by Rainer Ackermann

Mayor Gergely Karácsony has modified his thoughts and now desires to manipulate the capital for an additional 5 years.

On Wednesday, the incumbent commented on the choice of the Curia, which made the election outcome introduced by the Nationwide Election Committee (NVB) official: “This determination makes a repeat of the mayoral elections in Budapest pointless. I’ll subsequently stay mayor of the capital for the subsequent 5 years.”

Extraordinarily shut election outcome

On June 17, Karácsony submitted his utility to the Curia, the nation’s Supreme Court docket, to annul the outcomes of the mayoral election and order new elections for the complete space of ​​the capital. He justified this with the extraordinarily shut outcome – following a repeated depend of poll papers that had beforehand been declared invalid in quite a few constituencies, his lead over the impartial mayoral candidate Dávid Vitézy shrank to 41 votes. Now Karácsony, who was put ahead by the Left Alliance, commented on social media: “In fact I settle for the decision of the impartial Hungarian courtroom.”

Challenger sees “rampage”

Challenger Dávid Vitézy instantly congratulated the mayor, who was staying in workplace, however was stunned that Gergely Karácsony was celebrating the rejection of his personal utility by the Curia. He reminded Karácsony of his earlier promise to pursue all authorized avenues and, half mockingly, reminded him of the remaining choice of turning to the Constitutional Court docket. Vitézy spoke of a “rampage” that the mayor had been on for the reason that extraordinarily shut election outcome was introduced. Subsequently, though he sees Karácsony because the authentic mayor of the capital, he suggested him to resign as a way to clear the best way for brand spanking new elections, which Budapest “deserves”.