Police scrutiny intensified this week as prosecutors moved to strip parliamentary immunity from Miklós Seszták, Balázs Hankó, and Péter Magyar. Seszták, the former development minister, faces allegations of accepting 11 billion forints in bribes between 2014 and 2018. Meanwhile, Hankó is under investigation for the alleged misuse of 17 billion forints from the National Cultural Fund to finance Fidesz campaign activities. The immunity of all three is expected to be decided as early as Monday.
The crackdown extends beyond active politicians. Former central bank governor György Matolcsy was questioned as a suspect regarding allegations of abuse of office, specifically claims that the institution blackmailed Erste Bank. In the business sector, authorities arrested Dániel Jellinek and former asset management chief Norbert Szivek over irregularities in bus procurement contracts dating back to 2015.
Legal pressure also hit the Fidesz-aligned Center for Fundamental Rights, which recently had its offices searched by police. The think-tank previously provided refuge to Polish politicians Marcin Romanowski and Zbigniew Ziobro. Following the revocation of their asylum status by the Tisza government, both men have fled the country, with Romanowski reportedly spotted in Transnistria.
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