“This cannot go on! If we cannot protect the interests of Hungarian people using nice words, we will do so through legal changes,” Lázár said in a post on Facebook.
Under the amendment, public procurement procedures underway would also be reviewed, the minister said.
Lázár noted that Austrian construction company Strabag has recently charged HUF 50 billion (EUR 129 million) for designing and building a 10 km motorway section in northern Hungary.
Soon after its inauguration, however, the road caved in and was life-threatening. The company asked for 10 months for repairs but “the ten months have passed, the job has not been done and the road continues to be unusable,” Lázár said.
“Rather than making an apology … the company has taken up an argument with the government … while they cannot answer the simple question when the motorway will be fixed at last.”
“If an electrician or bricklayer worked like that in your house, wouldn’t you fire him? And how right you would be,” Lázár said.
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