According to the Secretary of State responsible for the development of Budapest and the agglomeration, the closure of Liget may be ordered by the municipality of Zugló.

Városliget Zrt. Ask the management of the capital city and Zugló to accept and take the measures they consider necessary for the possible closure of Városliget. Balázs Fürjes, Secretary of State for Budapest Development and Agglomeration, drew attention to the fact that the closure of Városliget

It can only be ordered by the municipality of Zugló.

In his Twitter post on Friday, Balázs Fürjes added: They asked the mayor of Zugló, Csaba Horváth, with whom they had a constructive conversation, to agree with the mayor Gergely Karácsony. Because, as he wrote,

the Town Hall is wrong, Gergely’s Christmas has been disoriented.

In a statement issued by Városliget Zrt. On Friday, they also wrote: László Baán, the ministerial commissioner of the Liget Budapest project, contacted the mayor of Zugló and called his attention to the fact that

The Zugló local government has the right to act against Mayor Gergely Karácsony’s wrongful legal interpretation, in accordance with the law, to close the Liget.

László Baán also informed the mayor of Zugló that, according to press reports, Gergely Karácsony would close the City Park, but since the mayor of Zugló had the right to do so, he suggested to Csaba Horváth to clarify the problem with his predecessor, Gergely Karácsony , and take action as soon as possible. Városliget Zrt. He wrote: he immediately supports the implementation of the measures taken with his own work.

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Ahead of the parliamentary agenda, Minister Gergely Gulyás spoke on behalf of the government, after which opposition parties dismantled Viktor Orbán’s southern announcement. Several secretaries of state criticized Mayor Gergely Karácsony for reducing the number of BKV flights, according to Balázs Orbán, this could lead to the formation of focal points.

It was also written that the peculiarity of the City Park is that its 100-hectare area is open on all sides, there are no such separate and restricted entry points as Margaret Island or Óbuda Island, so it is not physically possible to close and maintain the park.

At the same time, Városliget Zrt. He took all necessary measures to keep the use of the park to a minimum in accordance with legal regulations: immediately after the declaration of emergency, he closed the Millennium House, all playgrounds, sports fields, outdoor gym equipment, drinking fountains and bathrooms. Furthermore, Városliget Zrt. He called the attention of the visitors to all the information tools available, that if they could, they would stay at home and go to Városliget only in the most necessary cases, even in compliance with the curfew, strictly taking care to avoid groupings.

Városliget Zrt. He also stated in his announcement that, based on the clear wording of the government decree on the extension of the access restriction, the strongest restrictions can only be ordered by a local government, in Budapest by the Municipality of Budapest or the district municipalities .

“In the case of Városliget, the municipality of Zugló has the right to issue a decree. Városliget Zrt. Intensified inspections of the City Park area over long weekends.


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