(EACH OF YOUR MBRS IS A DE FACTO PROPAGANDA OFFICE! Computer, printer, wall paperers paste! You can still DO IT! CDH) Hungary's Jobbik party says fine may keep it out of election

PABLO GORONDI
Associated PressDecember 8, 2017
FILE - This April 12, 2017 file photo shows a political billboard of the far-right Jobbik Party in Budapest Hungary that reads: "Jobbik: On the people's side. You work, they steal - that is why salaries are low." The poster shows Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, and Lorinc Meszaros, one of Hungary's richest people who has attributed his wealth in part to his friendship with Orban. Jobbik party says a huge fine from the state audit office threatens its participation in April’s parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi, file)
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A huge fine from state auditors threatens the ability of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party to participate in an April parliamentary election, the party's leader said Friday.

Jobbik chairman Gabor Vona asked supporters for donations to help pay the fine of 331.7 million forints ($1.24 million) imposed by the State Audit Office, which he says could bankrupt the party.

"Using the State Audit Office, the current government has launched a brutal attack against us," Vona told reporters. "It is unprecedented and unimaginable in European democracies for a government to try to use such means to ruin its biggest challenger four months before the elections."


The penalty also could cost Jobbik the same amount of money from the funds the party receives from the state. Based on its 2014 election results, Jobbik gets 476 million forints ($1.78 million) annually.

The party has until Dec. 21 to reply to a preliminary auditors' report that claims Jobbik paid illegal, below-market prices for a recent anti-government ad campaign. Jobbik denies the claim, but could be forced to pay the fine as soon as ear    https://www.yahoo.com/news/hungarys-jobbik-party-says-state-fine-risks-election-155106323.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/hungarys-jobbik-party-says-state-fine-risks-election-155106323.html