Her resignation “equals pleading guilty” but will “not resolve any of the shady deals”, Gőgös said, demanding a comprehensive probe.

Vida’s resignation also “warns Fidesz that corrupted governments are doomed for failure”, he said.

The green LMP party suggested that Vida should have resigned much earlier, over what the party sees as NAV’s reluctance to launch a probe into major VAT fraud reported to the authority a year and a half ago.

The party insisted that “the government was covering up” for Vida ever since November 2013, and “did not make her resign before it saw as necessary in its war with oligarchs”.

The government’s secrecy over the resignation, tendered two months ago, is unacceptable, LMP said.

The Dialogue for Hungary (PM) said that the country would be “out of the frying pan and into the fire” if “another corrupted Orbán-favourite” replaces Vida at the helm of NAV. PM insisted that the government is not interested in fighting corruption and keeps putting off steps to identify those responsible for major graft.

Radical nationalist Jobbik deputy group leader János Volner said Fidesz and Vida should explain to the public the real reasons of her resignation.

The prime minister and senior Fidesz officials had previously took her defence and Orban even said in connection with her ban from the US that he saw no evidence that could justify it, Volner said.

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