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In an interview, József Balogh, the former socialist mayor of Győr, assessed the Borkai era, the local left and the actions of the current mayor. He had strong sentences.
the Viktor Orban The self-government system built by the government practically returns the council system to a worse version
– Among other things, this statement is included in the interview prepared by ugytudjuk.hu With József Balogh, With the former socialist mayor of Győr.
Balogh, who ruled the city before the regime change as president of the council and then as mayor from 1994 to 2006, sees that in the 1970s and 1980s, local authorities had much greater autonomy than today. According to him, the autonomy of institutions is now limited to such an extent that it was no longer conceivable in the 1980s.
In the interview, Balogh also appreciated the work of the mayors of Fidesz who followed him.
Under Borkai, the city developed extremely fast economically and spiritually; infrastructure, and especially sports facilities. I can say with a clear conscience: Building on the work of its predecessors, the Borkai era was one of the golden ages of the city. (…) It is true that social tensions persisted. Borkai’s biggest mistake was that he came under the influence of one of the largest and most lucrative pressure groups and failed morally.
Balogh claims he had a fair relationship with Borka, whom he warned in time that some of his staff might mislead him. “Borkai saw the city car going anyway, Audi was making the investment, the city had grown a fourth stretch with sports facilities, he thought, why did he have so much to work with? He was duped by profit lobbyists. For example Rákosfalvy He was a city attorney, he was an Industrial Park attorney, and he was a sky attorney who handled the Audi deal. He who has so much power will work in his pocket. “
Balogh speaks at length about why, after his departure, the local left failed to find a competitive successor to his place. His argument is very surprising:
I did not approve of that Kun Andras be the candidate. On the one hand, the appearance of… Don’t get it wrong, smart boy. I always told him that you were the smartest among us, but your appearance was very unpleasant. Also, the Jewish community specifically asked me not to put forward a Jewish candidate. Andras didn’t see that. I tested this by importing the Gusztit Kadlerthat he is an elite athlete, an entrepreneur and, by the way, also a Jew. He took a step back. It became the kalamajka, which led us to drop a large one.
The former mayor believes that Győr is a pragmatic city, not extreme, but one that pulls to the right. The city is currently governed About András Csaba Dézsi He has a very high opinion, for example, because he has been treating József Balogh’s heart as a cardiologist for twenty years. It is true that his opinion about his political activity is less flattering:
Mayor Dézsi wants to sweep the hall of the city hall by parachuting people from Budapest to Fidesz instead of missing or displaced people.
Furthermore, according to Balogh, Dézsi is Viktor Orbanrepresents a different style of leadership: “only he alone can decide important matters, but even in less important matters his approval is required for decisions. The General Assembly only functions formally as a body, but Dézs has built his own court with the commissioners ”.
Featured image: Demonstration against the mayor of Győr Zsolt Borkai on October 20, 2019. Marjai János / 24.hu
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