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“My severance pay, which I am entitled to by law, I donate to the Transcarpathian Reformed orphanage ‘Good Samaritan’,” he wrote.
Orban also published a letter addressed to the director of the “Good Samaritan” orphanage in the village of Velyka Dobron in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region, asking him to accept a donation of 38.8 million forints (about $125,000). The letter was sent from Budapest on May 15, RBC reported.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has previously repeatedly accused the outgoing members of the Hungarian cabinet of corruption and financial fraud, as well as stated about the massive withdrawal of assets abroad by representatives of the Orbán administration.
“I call on the ministers who ruined our country and plunged it into debt not to even think about receiving this money,” Magyar said.
Orban, for his part, said that “the outgoing national government did not loot the country but, on the contrary, lifted it up.” According to him, the state wealth, currency and gold reserves of the country were increased under the previous government.
The politician claimed that “looting of the country is now becoming a real threat” after the new cabinet came to power. He also claimed that the Finance Ministry has been “given to the bankers”, the Economy Ministry to Shell and “Soros’ network has infiltrated the Prime Minister’s office”.
Under Hungarian law, ministers and their deputies can claim payments after the end of their term in office. According to the prime minister, the total amount of payments to ministers is about 350 million forints and, together with deputies, almost 1 billion forints (about $3.0-3.2 million).
