“Basically there is nothing wrong with Tóni, but his constant involvement in these stupid celebrity matters under the influence of his wife is causing a lot of harm to him and the party,” the MP complained.

The MP said the communications minister’s helicopter trip raised a few eyebrows in the caucus, as MPs representing rural areas have to regularly provide explanations for the lifestyle of Árpád Habony and Andy Vajna and the appearance of women around them in the tabloid media.

Although residents of small villages support Fidesz, he continued, they find it hard to swallow if they see that a minister spends the equivalent of several months’ of their wages to have fun on a trip to the Nyírség region.

Rogán went to the wedding of actress Zsófi Szabó near Nyíregyháza on Saturday. Nakama & Partners, the media agency of which his wife is the CEO, founded last December, paid for the helicopter trip in a barter deal.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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