Hungary’s Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled that a police seizure of Fidesz party servers last month was unlawful, citing that the execution amounted to an overbroad „fishing expedition” rather than a targeted evidence collection. While the order for the raid itself was deemed valid, investigators confiscated all communications systems and databases instead of specific data tied to the probe. The office stated this practice violates both EU and Hungarian law, ordering the Bács-Kiskun County chief prosecutor to repeat the seizure with a narrower scope, collecting only data directly relevant to the investigation.
The raid was part of a probe into suspected misuse of approximately 17 billion forint (€47 million) in National Cultural Fund funding by local officials during Viktor Orban’s tenure as prime minister. Fidesz, Orban’s party, has condemned the action as an „unprecedented” overreach not seen since the fall of Communism in 1989, framing it as political revenge by Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s government. Magyar’s Tisza party won the April election and has actively dismantled structures established under Fidesz, including a constitutional change imposing term limits on lawmakers, intensifying political tensions in the post-Communist state.
Fidesz expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling, reiterating that the investigators’ actions were illegal. Senior Fidesz MP Boka Janos called on the government to end the „arbitrary political revenge campaign” and return the servers. Veteran Hungarian journalist Mark Bollobas described the ruling as „sort of a legal victory” for Fidesz but warned that the data may have already been copied and shared, noting the government and prosecutor’s office exploited the search to gain access to information they shouldn’t have. The repeat seizure will determine if investigators can now narrow their collection to relevant data.
The case raises broader questions about state power limits and legal safeguards against overreach, reminiscent of constitutional protections like „equality before the law” and prohibitions against unlawful deprivation of liberty. Political transitions in post-Communist nations have varied based on historical and cultural contexts, and this incident highlights the delicate balance between accountability and due process. Legal battles involving political figures continue elsewhere, as seen with the International Criminal Court’s warrants against Israeli leaders and contentious U.S. legal cases, underscoring the global relevance of politically charged legal proceedings.
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