Hungary has released an audio recording in which the voice of former Justice Minister Judit Varga is heard. The official allegedly confirms the conspiracy of Hungarian officials to conceal corruption.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the AR agency.
The recording was made public by Peter Magyar, who is Varga’s ex-husband and now an active oppositionist and opponent of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Magyar, a former political insider, notes that he made the conversation public to expose the extent of corruption in Hungary among officials and the government.
He posted a recording on Facebook and YouTube on Tuesday morning, in which Varga’s voice describes how other government officials had evidence removed from court records to hide their role in corrupt business transactions.
“They told the prosecutors what to seize,” Varga says in the recording, which Magyar says he made during a conversation in the ex-spouses’ apartment.
On Tuesday morning, Magyar handed over the recording to the prosecutor’s office to be used as evidence in the investigation.
Varga also did not remain silent and accused her ex-husband of domestic violence, saying that she had filed the statement under pressure. “I said what he wanted to hear to get away as quickly as possible. In such a situation, anyone can say something they don’t mean in a state of fear,” Varga wrote. Magyar denied her accusations in a separate post on his Facebook page.
During a speech in Budapest on March 15, Magyar told a large audience that he wanted to create a new party to challenge Orban.
Many in Hungary criticize the current government and consider the country’s political system to be a deeply entrenched autocracy.
Magyar spoke out against official corruption in Hungary, accusing Orban of helping the oligarchic system. In particular, he accused Antal Rogan, the head of Prime Minister Orban’s department, of corruption.
The published recording points to Rogan’s alleged involvement in corruption schemes and also shows that Rogan led efforts to alter evidence in court.
