Foundation Involved In Norway Grants Refuses To Cooperate With Hungarian Government

  • 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
Foundation Involved In Norway Grants Refuses To Cooperate With Hungarian Government
The Krétakör Foundation has said it will refuse to cooperate with an investigation mounted by the Government Control Office (Kehi) in connection with money it won under the Norway Grants scheme. Its managing director, Márton Gulyás, told the office by phone of its decision. Several NGOs, including Krétakör, received a letter from the Kehi informing them that they would be subject to an investigation.

The foundation has consulted several lawyers about the legality of the probe, and, on the basis of the opinions received, it has come to the conclusion that the Kehi has no legal basis on which to conduct the investigation regarding money won from Norway’s Civil Fund.

The Kehi’s task is to monitor how state funds are spent, and money received from the Norwegian fund is independent of the state budget, the foundation argued, adding that it had so far cooperated with organisations prescribed by law such as the tax authority (NAV) which has “always found everything in order”.

“The Krétakör Foundation will continue to cooperate with organisations that have a proper legal remit but will not allow itself to be put under politically directed investigations,” it said.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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