The authorities detained Óbuda deputy mayor Gergő Czeglédy, a politician of the left-wing coalition, throughout home searches on Tuesday morning. The Central Investigative Basic Prosecutor’s Workplace performed an investigation in relation to affect peddling and different crimes dedicated underneath the pretense of bribery – the Magyar Nemzet introduced Tuesday afternoon.
Óbuda leftist deputy mayor Gergő Czeglédy was taken into custody / Picture: László Róka
The detention is a direct consequence of the home search this morning, which was carried out by the Central Investigative Prosecutor’s Workplace (KNYF) within the Óbuda city corridor throughout its ongoing investigation into alleged bribery and different crimes. In accordance with the announcement of the investigating legal professional basic’s workplace
are being investigated for corruption offences,
and Tuesday morning at a number of areas – together with III. on the district municipality – procedural acts are or have been ongoing. The authority is anticipated to offer extra detailed data on the case on Wednesday.
Gergő Czeglédy is just not the primary case
An analogous case occurred in the beginning of March: Gábor P. and two of his companions had been arrested for thirty days, the cost is about an organization that has turn out to be a fog, fictitious contracts, bribes and corruption, amongst different issues. In a 2022 audio recording, Gábor P. talks about how Sándor Szaniszló (Democratic Coalition) supplied free housing within the 18th century. district mayor.
The arrest of Gábor P. could also be disagreeable for these concerned, as a result of
as a result of his place, he might concentrate on many suspicious transactions within the III., XVIII. and XIX. district.
Gábor P. was beforehand the chief of employees and confidant of the mayor of Kispest, Péter Gajda (MSZP), and in 2020 he turned a detailed ally of Sándor Szaniszló after he left the XIX. from the district city corridor.