Former deputy mayors Csaba Horváth and Miklós Hagyó, of the opposition Socialists, and former head of the Socialist group in the Budapest general assembly, Erzsébet Gy Németh, currently an opposition Democratic Coalition politician, have been invited, the party said.

The European Union audit office OLAF said in a report that a third of the metro 4 construction was riddled with fraud and Hungary is expected to repay 59 billion forints (EUR 190m) to Brussels.

Fidesz said that the responsibility clearly lay with the governments of Péter Medgyessy, Ferenc Gyurcsány and Gordon Bajnai, and as well as the Socialist-Liberal city management under Mayor Gábor Demszky.

The report suggests that prohibited party financing could have been committed and part of the money for the metro construction project could have ended up in Socialist coffers, Fidesz added.

The committee first attempted to hear the former prime ministers and the former Budapest mayor on Feb. 15 but they did not turn up for the hearing.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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