– The mayor is entitled to severance pay if he has held office for at least two years and his mandate has ended with the election of a new mayor or resignation. Therefore, if the office of a mayor is terminated due to the dissolution of the representative body, no severance pay is due – this is the essence of the information provided by the The press service of the County Government Office of Csongrád-Csanád sent our newspaper about situations similar to those in Csanádpalota in general.
As we wrote recently, two and a half months after his departure, the former mayor of Csanádpalota, István Debreczeni, tried to ask the municipality for severance pay, but failed in the by-election. The amount of this would have been HUF 2.5 million gross. The representatives did not even discuss the request, as the clerk immediately noticed that its fulfillment would be against the law. Debreczeni – who was also contacted by Délmagyarország – claimed, on the other hand, that according to his point of view, he is indeed entitled to the amount, and that is why he is ready to go to court.
It is better if you give up on the latter, because in this case, not only will you not receive severance pay, but you may even pay the legal costs as a loser. CXCIX of 2011 on civil servants. Act (Kttv.) 225/D. On the basis of § (1), the mayor is entitled to severance pay if two conditions are met: if he has held this position for at least two years and his employment relationship is in accordance with Act CLXXXIX of 2011 on local governments in Hungary. Act (Mötv.) on the basis of point a) or f) of § 69, paragraph (1), i.e. it was terminated by the election of the new mayor or resignation from office. In the case of Debrecen, the first condition holds, but the second does not. The Mötv. Paragraph (1) of § 69, moreover, ag) point specifically mentions the case when the office of the mayor is terminated by the election of a new mayor after the dissolution of the representative body.
It is clear from all of this that the former mayor of the Palace is not entitled to severance pay.