Former communications director of Tamás Sulyok, the one who used to call Telex junk Georgina Szántó claimed in a Facebook post in May that two pilots who regularly flew the army plane carrying the presidential delegation reported to her about security problems. Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári, outgoing deputy of the Chief of the General Staff of the Honvéd a Hvg.hucalled Szántó’s claims false. He admitted that on one occasion it really happened that there were fewer flight attendants on the Airbus plane than specified. On Airbus airplanes of the national defense, the requirement is that there is one flight attendant for every 50 passengers, but at least three are on duty, and for VIP transport four, but once only two flight attendants were employed.
Another claim by Georgina Szántó was that Sulyok only wants to fly with the two pilots who reported the alleged safety problems. Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári confirmed to Hvg.hu that there was indeed such a request from the Sándor Palace.
“A request was indeed received from the Sándor Palace that the president basically wants to fly with two named pilots – however, the Army General Staff was not informed about the background of this request. During the preparation of the trips, the Hungarian Army tried to comply with the request when it could be resolved,” he said.
The Sándor Palace only stated that “although the President of the Republic is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Hungarian Armed Forces, due to his constitutional status, he has neither management nor service authority over the Hungarian Armed Forces.”
Tamás Szántó Georgina Sulyok from taking office in 2024 until February of last year, he led the Communications Directorate of the Sándor Palace as press chief, then he was a member of the Presidential Cabinet as press chief until June 18, and then he worked as deputy director general and head of the Cabinet Responsible for Program Implementation. In September of last year, he left the office of the President of the Republic by mutual agreement and was relieved of his duties for the period of his notice. As Deputy Director General, the communication area was under his indirect control when Sulyok The word “Russian” was deleted from his Facebook post after the Münkacsi rocket attack.
The 18th of May at a government press conference announced that the Tisza government will investigate the governmental and diplomatic use of military vehicles. According to the government, Hungarian military aircraft cannot be used for luxury travel, the maintenance of the air fleet is ensured by Hungarian taxpayers, therefore all elements of the use must be justified, verifiable and publicly accountable.
