Alexandra Szentkirályi, the head of Fidesz's group in the assembly, said on Friday that the inaugural session of Budapest's new city assembly starts today, and the Fidesz group is submitting eight proposals which include a motion to stop decisions being made solely by the mayor on his own authority.
Gergely Karacsony, she said on Facebook, sought to "curb the powers of the capital's representatives further now that [Democratic Coalition leader] Ferenc Gyurcsany's people no longer make up a majority."
Ever since the pandemic broke out, the mayor "has decided the most important issues, bypassing the city assembly," she said, adding that Fidesz wanted to return the rights of elected representatives in order to counter the mayor's "excesses".
Szentkirályi also said that the five committees currently working should be reduced to two, with fewer politicians carrying out the work for less money.
Meanwhile, she called on Karacsony to keep to his word and set up an anti-corruption outfit, adding that whereas he had vowed to create transparency and open operations up to the public, the past five years had been marred by "corruption scandals in the capital" and obfuscation.