Motion for revision no. IH/IV/39/2023

In its decision no. 14000/32-44/2023.bü., the Criminal Directorate of the Somogy County Police Headquarters terminated the proceedings against unknown person for the suspicion of active corruption committed in relation to a person working for or on behalf of an economic operator who is authorized to act in its name and on its behalf independently and other criminal offence, as the act is not a criminal act.

The Integrity Authority submitted a motion for revision against the decision of the investigating authority that had terminated the proceedings, and proposed that the decision of the investigating authority be abrogated and the proceedings be resumed.

As part of the case, the investigating authority received information that the municipality of a certain village, headed by the mayor, sold several properties owned by the municipality to a Slovakian citizen at a price lower than their value in 2022, with the mayor receiving the difference.

Based on the Authority’s motion for revision submitted on 5 July 2023, the justification of the decision shows that, while the investigating authority did perform detailed data-gathering activity, it failed to carry out several investigative acts, despite the fact that several suspicious circumstances emerged in the case, the investigation of which would have been necessary, such as in particular:

• the estimated values of the properties are remarkably close to the purchase offer,
• there is a suspicion that the evaluations may have been made after the mayor had first received the purchase offers,
• the properties were not announced in a public tender.

In its decision no. Nf.151/20223/14., the Chief Prosecution Office of Somogy County admitted the motion for revision of the Authority, abrogated the decision that had terminated the investigation, and ordered the continuation of the proceedings.