Magyar Took On "wild" Privatizers And "stooges"
- 29.04.2026, 7:54
Hungary is investigating privatization deals from 1988-2000 and will open the archives of state security agents.
The future Hungarian prime minister has announced that he will check all privatization cases in the country between 1988 and 2000. The leader of the Tisza party has promised to fully declassify the archives of the socialist-era secret service agents.
This is reported by Charter97.org, citing the Facebook of the politician.
The documents will become available as early as this fall, promises Peter Magyar. The politician has already discussed the details with the director general of the Historical Archive of the State Security Service Gerґio Czek Bendeguz.
There is talk of full disclosure of agent files and the infamous magnetic tapes. The documents will appear in the public domain on October 22 - on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Magyar plans not just to open the archives, but to set up a special investigative committee. Its goal is to find those who enriched themselves during the "wild" privatization in 1988-2000. The politician wants to prove the connection of the then businessmen with the party leadership and the secret services.
How Peter Magyar comments on his decision:
"I have discussed with the director general of the Historical Archive of the State Security Service, Gerґjo Cech Bendeguz, the complete declassification and disclosure of agent files and the infamous magnetic tapes."
Why the archives were hidden for 34 years
The opening of the archives was one of Magyar's key promises during the election campaign, adds Hungarian publication Telex. He believes that the political elite deliberately delayed the process. The reason is simple - fear of exposure.
According to the Telex leader, the opening of the archives will show a real picture of how the current power class was formed. It will help to understand who was at the origins of embezzlement of state resources after the fall of communism.
"The political elite has owed this step for 34 years, and not by chance. Not coincidentally, because it is still not possible to find out how and who first robbed the country around 1990 and how the narrow power and economic elite that has dominated the country ever since was created. Sometimes it is a new generation," the future prime minister emphasized.