Motion for revision no. JOG/27/2024

In its decision no. 7.Nyom.87/2023, the Investigative Prosecution Office of the Capital rejected the complaint filed for the offence and suspicion of passive corruption of public officials due to the lack of suspicion of a criminal act.

The Integrity Authority submitted a motion for revision against the decision of the investigating prosecutor’s office that had rejected the complaint, and proposed that the decision of the investigating prosecutor’s office be abrogated and an investigation be ordered.

The proceedings are based on a complaint filed by the complainant through the client gate, alleging that the mayor of a district in Budapest accepted a bribe of HUF 100 million from a businessman.

According to the Authority’s motion for revision submitted on 28 February 2024, the decision that rejected the complaint and the published anonymised file register show that the investigating prosecutor’s office did not carry out any detailed investigative action in the case but merely limited itself to investigating the allegations made in the complaint. The investigating prosecutor’s office did not identify and interview the complainant, nor did it order the completion of the complaint, and dismissed the complaint without taking any of these actions solely on the basis of the information contained therein.

According to the Authority, it is necessary to order an investigation, first of all, to hear the complainant as a witness in order to find out whether there is a suspicion of active or passive corruption of public officials.

The case is still pending.