{"id":51491,"date":"2025-05-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asz.hu\/?p=51491"},"modified":"2026-01-20T08:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:56:15","slug":"another-court-ruling-confirms-the-legality-of-the-saos-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asz.hu\/en\/another-court-ruling-confirms-the-legality-of-the-saos-proceedings","title":{"rendered":"Another court ruling confirms the legality of the SAO&#8217;s proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the Budapest-Capital Regional Court ruled in a new judgment that the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) had lawfully and justifiably concluded in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asz.hu\/dokumentumok\/23025.pdf\">report<\/a> that the opposition coalition parties had accepted illegal funding of HUF 261.26 million, originating from abroad, from the \u2018Mindenki Magyarorsz\u00e1ga Mozgalom\u2019 (Everyone\u2019s Hungary Movement, MMM) during the 2022 election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, the lawsuit was filed by the Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) against the Hungarian State Treasury, during which they also requested a judicial review of the SAO report. 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