Hungarian central bank condemns verbal abuse after angry phone call from political leader - DailyNewsHungary

According to the central bank, the leader of one of the political parties angrily questioned the MNB employee.

The opposition party leader probably wasn't thinking about the international backlash when he was screaming into the phone.

Péter Magyar was yelling at a woman again. A real man with a capital letter.

Outrageous and unacceptable - this is how the director of communication of the ruling parties reacted to the fact that Péter Magyar threatened one of the central bank's female employees by telephone.

Hungarian central bank condemns verbal abuse after angry phone call from political leader - DailyNewsHungary

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) condemned “all forms of verbal abuse” in a statement issued on Wednesday, after an angry phone call from the leader of a political party. In the call to the central bank, made just after 5:00 in the evening on Tuesday, the politician “berated” a staff member over the deadline for responding to an injunction related to an insider trading probe, the NBH said. The politician said the issues outlined in the injunct…

The president of the Tisza Party was prosecuted on suspicion of insider trading, which is why the MNB sent him questions. Peter Magyar called in.