From the 2026 budget audit
400 millió Ft in new capital for an apparatus already being wound down.
Capital investment allocated by administrative decision into a secretariat on a two-year phase-out — with no test of whether the assets will earn their cost.
Roughly 100 Ft per taxpayer per year — 400 millió Ft of capital spending on an organisation whose state financing ends within two years.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: new equipment or facilities for the academy secretariat. The unseen: every taxpayer who funds capital assets for a body that will hand them to the state property pool on wind-down — assets bought with their money, for a function that is ending.
Objection
"Organisations need ongoing investment to function — you can't let infrastructure decay while the transition runs."
Answer
The transition is two years. Capital procurement not yet contracted is cancelled; assets already held transfer to the state property pool at wind-down. No contracted commitment is breached. Committing new capital into an apparatus on a defined phase-out is the soft-budget pattern: spending that follows the allocation even when the allocation is ending.
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The analyst's verdict
MMA Secretariat — Capital Investment
Rationale
Capital investment in the administrative apparatus of a body whose state financing is being wound down. Funding new capital into an apparatus on a two-year phase-out is the soft-budget pattern in miniature — capital allocated by administrative decision rather than by a test of whether the use earns its cost. With the Secretariat phasing out, the investment has no remaining purpose.
Transition mechanism
Eliminate in the 2026 cycle. Capital procurement not yet contracted is cancelled; assets already held transfer to the state property pool on wind-down.
Affected groups
Suppliers of capital goods to the Secretariat; no contracted commitment is breached.
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