ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - The Zagreb-based Commercial Court dismissed as unfounded the demand of 149 workers of "Croatia Bus", who insisted on the introduction of temporary measures in the company. The court explained that the 149
workers provided no evidence to support their claims.
ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - The Zagreb-based Commercial Court dismissed
as unfounded the demand of 149 workers of "Croatia Bus", who
insisted on the introduction of temporary measures in the company.
The court explained that the 149 workers provided no evidence to
support their claims. #L#
A group of the company's workers asked the Commercial Court to set
up a temporary administration and replace Trpimir Sulic as a member
on the governing board. They also asked the court not to allow Leon,
Trpimir and Velimir Sulic to use and sell shares of "Croatia Bus"
until the resolution of a lawsuit launched with the aim to establish
who had the right to hold the company's shares.
The court established that the workers-protesters did not offer
credible evidence for their claims, which was the basic condition
for ruling temporary measures, and their demand was turned down.
The dissatisfied workers asserted that they were the real owners of
the company's shares and that this was evident from the register of
the Croatian Privatisation Fund. They said they had become owners
of shares created after the inflow of fresh capital into "Croatia
Bus".
They say that they filed a suit in order to show that the listing of
the three Sulics as holders of shares was invalid, and that they are
entitled to rights as shareholders, given that the Sulics obtained
shares through illegal activities and wrongdoing.
A group of some 40 workers, who were fired from the company by the
Sulics, have been mounting blockades at the main entrance to the
company since the start of November.
The Sulics claim that workers have no evidence to confirm their
assertions, and add that they have obtained the shares legally.
They also refute allegations that they have embezzled money and
assets from the company.
On Friday, the leader of New Union, Mario Ivekovic, expressed
dissatisfaction with the Commercial Court's ruling.
"What more did the judge need for the ruling if the findings of the
state audit about illegal transformation of ownership in 'Croatia
Bus' and on how Sulic seized shares from workers was insufficient,"
Ivekovic said, adding that they would appeal against this decision
to the High Commercial Court.
Trpimir Sulic said that the ruling of the Zagreb Commercial Court
proved that the rule of law was functioning.
Sulic added that a hearing was scheduled for 22 January at the
Zagreb Municipal Court in relation to a suit he had lodged for
trespassing, and he hoped the ruling would be in his favour.
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