According to consistent reports of Ukrainian news agencies, national news portals and Transcarpathian news portals, this morning the SZBU and NABU conducted joint inspections of the homes of several prominent Transcarpathian officials and a number of companies due to suspicion of selling the three-hectare common land around due to corruption. Avangard Stadium in Munkach.
According to the suspicion, Baloha, by exploiting his official authority, contributed to the auctioning of the land located in the city center by the local government for a fraction of its real value. The auction was won by a company owned by Mihajlo Lanio, head of the district council.
According to the SZBU source, damage to the city budget may reach one hundred million hryvnia (about one billion forints). According to unconfirmed press reports, the authorities arrested Andre Paloha atv.hu.
Recently, the local government led by Paloha has taken several actions that are harmful to the interests of Hungarian society: a year ago they removed the statue of Turul from Munkácí Castle, then in January of this year they expelled several heads of Hungarian institutions in Hungary. Munkácí Sub-District, they also banned the placement of Hungarian symbols in public institutions – MTI reported.
In September, the Hungarian Cultural Society of Transcarpathia (KMKSZ) protested in a statement that Mönkásy II. When the academic year of Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian High School opened, the institution’s leaders did not allow the use of Hungarian symbols.
The management of the largest organization for the protection of Hungarian interests in Transcarpathia expressed its indignation after “following the unjustified dismissal of the previous director of the organization, the new director appointed by the Munkacs City Council did not allow the use of Hungarian national symbols at the opening ceremony.”“.
