The spring of 2014 was busy at the company of the Hungarian PM’s father, Gy\u0151z\u0151 Orb\u00e1n. Shortly after delivering hundreds of manhole elements for the construction of the sewerage system in \u00c9rd – a city near the Hungarian capital of Budapest – Dolomit Ltd. jumped into two new projects. From the company\u2019s industrial site in G\u00e1nt, trucks started to deliver concrete elements for the capital\u2019s sewerage construction, while others, loaded with similar products, set off towards smaller towns in Pest county.<\/p>\n
In our previous article,<\/a> we have revealed that the outstanding performance of the businesses of the prime minister\u2019s family was helped by their involvement in state projects, such as sewerage constructions in \u00c9rd and Budapest. These projects were funded by the European Union, a frequent target of Mr. Orb\u00e1n\u2019s government. Direkt36 has obtained new documents, which prove that the firm of the PM\u2019s father participated in yet another EU-funded investment, namely the sewerage system construction project in the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente Region. The project affected 20 towns in the region, and had a budget of almost 25 billion forints (81 million euros).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Similarly to the projects presented in our previous article, it is difficult to get a clear picture about the scope of the Orb\u00e1n-company\u2019s involvement in the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente project. Dolomit Ltd., majority-owned by Gy\u0151z\u0151 Orb\u00e1n, and other businesses involved in the project did not answer our questions. At the same time, the project documents of the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente investment revealed that – besides K\u00f6zg\u00e9p Ltd., Duna Aszfalt Ltd. and the firm of the PM\u2019s friend L\u0151rinc M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros, already mentioned in our previous article \u2013 various companies regularly involved in public investments also worked together with the Orb\u00e1n-company. Euroaszfalt Ltd., A-H\u00edd Ltd. and Penta Ltd. ordered building materials from Dolomit Ltd. although they are said to be more expensive than the competitors\u2019 products (some sources added that Dolomit Ltd.\u2019s products are of better quality).<\/p>\n Until recently, 18 towns in the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente region, an hour\u2019s drive from the capital, did not have a sewerage system, while in two other towns it was only partly built. In early 2010, the municipalities received 24.8 billion forints (80.32 million euros) of support for the sewerage system development, 84% of the funds paid by the European Union. Inhabitants also had to pay a contribution to the investment, which was 265.000 forints (860 euros) per property, paid in one or two instalments.<\/p>\n When looking into sewerage system projects, it is easy to find out which companies won the public tender, as their name is published online. However, the identity of the companies that supply building materials for the project is not disclosed in the public databases. In the case of the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente investment, only after a month-long discussion with the authorities and a complex authorization process were we able to find information about the suppliers by looking through thousands of pages of archive project documents, piled up in big boxes and folders in an abandoned storage room.<\/p>\n According to dozens of delivery notes we found, during 2013 and 2014 Dolomit Ltd. supplied hundreds of tonnes of different types of manhole elements for the sewerage construction of three towns of the T\u00e1pi\u00f3mente Region, \u00dari, J\u00e1szfels\u0151szentgy\u00f6rgy and Farmos. Other documents also make it clear that Dolomit Ltd.\u2019s products were used for the sewerage construction in another town, T\u00e1pi\u00f3szele.<\/p>\nWe can only do this work if we have supporters.
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