At the inaugural meeting of the new municipal representative body elected on June 9, 2024, held on October 3, Dr. Lajos Pál, the chairman of the local election committee, announced in his briefing that Dunakeszin has 33,249 citizens entitled to vote, of which 20,304 voters participated in the vote. , the participation rate exceeded 61 percent.
Five candidates ran in the mayoral election, of which Csaba Dióssi received the most votes, winning the votes of 59.56% of the voters who appeared in the election, or 11,749 people.
Csaba Dióssi is the old-new mayor
In addition to the local government representative who won in the ten individual districts, four people won the mandate with the results achieved on the compensation list. The 15th member of the new representative body is mayor Csaba Dióssi, who, thanks to the successful election performance of the candidates of the association he leads, can once again lead the municipality with two-thirds of the power.
The chairman of the election committee said that the number of candidates was particularly large, including several independent candidates, and highlighted as an example the effectiveness of Tamás Hircz, who is starting his second municipal term.
Five ethnic municipalities were established in Dunakeszin: the Bulgarian, Polish, German, Roma and Ukrainian nationalities elected representatives.
The election campaign took place in a calm atmosphere
Dr. Lajos Pál recorded as a fact that the election campaign took place in a very calm atmosphere. Although the election commission made more than a hundred decisions, the majority of them dealt with electoral procedural problems, but did not substantially affect the integrity of the election.
He thanked the members of the election committee, the staff of the election office managed by the clerk, and those working in the vote counting committees for their professional and high-quality work.
Dr. Lajos Pál concluded by congratulating the elected mayor and the members of the representative body, wishing them a successful and good job for the benefit of all the residents of the city.
Csaba Dióssi is starting his fourth municipal term as mayor
After taking the oath, Csaba Dióssi, who started his fourth municipal term as mayor, spoke about how he must live up to the enormous trust he received from the voters with his future work. The voters handed over the possibility and responsibility of the decision to the mayor and the members of the representative body, which is a huge honor and responsibility for all of them.
He recalled the cooperation agreement adopted by the representative body established in 2010, which was a guarantee – regardless of party affiliation – of effective and successful work for the city. He spoke with confidence about the future, since five of the representative body at that time are still members of the body today, together with the ten members of the representative body of the municipality, which will be operating from 2019, received the trust of the voters from the voters, which offers a good chance to continue to be successful and effective. the municipality should be able to carry out its activities with the interests of the population in mind.
– I wish to all my fellow elected representatives that in the next cycle we can also do such work in cooperation with you and the population, so that at the end of the municipal cycle we can stand in the same good mood before the next election, so that we can say that we have done everything on our part. I wish everyone success and good health for this creative work – Csaba Dióssi, the old and new mayor of Dunakeszi, concluded his speech.
The representative body elected two deputy mayors
At the ceremonial inaugural meeting held at the Attila József Cultural Center, after the swearing-in of the representatives and the mayor, two deputy mayors of the municipality were elected by secret ballot at the suggestion of mayor Csaba Dióssi.
Full-time deputy mayor Dávid Sipos, general deputy of the mayor, won the support of the representative body with 12 yes votes and 3 abstentions.
Deputy Mayor Márton Nyíri responsible for environmental protection matters – he will keep his full-time job as a teacher – won the support of the representative body with 12 yes votes and 3 abstentions.
The two deputy mayors Dr. Spiegelhalter took the oath in front of the clerk, Renáta Spiegelhalter, and after that – after voting on several items on the agenda – the financial and legal committee was elected, chaired by Ferenc Bilinszky, members: Tamás Hircz, Ádám Juhász, Márton Juhos, Krisztián Pethő.
Councilors were also elected
Attila Csoma was appointed councilor for our Care for the Elderly, József Seltenreich became councilor for family affairs, József Szabó councilor for church affairs, Tamás Benkő was assigned to perform the tasks of councilor for sports and youth protection, Csilla Cseresznyés works as health councilor.
The representative body established the status of municipal commissioner responsible for external relations, which is held by Zoltán Kárpáti.
After the ceremonial inaugural meeting of the representative body – which was framed by the joint singing of the National Anthem and the Speech and the beautiful recitation of the actress Annamária Babják – the representatives, senior staff of the mayor’s office, representatives of the institutions, and the invited guests toasted the further development of Dunakeszi.
Imre Vetési
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2024-10-03 18:34:34