ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - The New Union's leader, Mario Ivekovic, on Saturday asked for a new meeting with Premier Ivica Racan because of, as he said, "the shameful ruling of the Commercial Court to refuse the request for the
introduction of temporary measures in 'Croatia Bus'".
ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - The New Union's leader, Mario Ivekovic, on
Saturday asked for a new meeting with Premier Ivica Racan because
of, as he said, "the shameful ruling of the Commercial Court to
refuse the request for the introduction of temporary measures in
'Croatia Bus'". #L#
Holding a news conference in front of the main entrance to this
transport company, where about 40 dissatisfied workers have been
blockading the entrance for two months, Ivekovic insisted on an
urgent meeting with the premier who had promised, at his last
session with the protesters, that he would receive them again if
necessary.
"We believe that Racan should receive us, as the problem does not
lie with the Sulics, but with their associates and other criminals
in state institutions," the union leader said.
He once again accused the company's former CEO, Leon Sulic, and his
son Trpimir, who is a member of the incumbent managing board, of
illegally obtaining the company's shares for their own benefit.
Racan should ask individuals in the Croatian Privatisation Fund why
they had covered up the forged documentation about Sulic's purchase
of "Croatia Bus" shares, Ivekovic said.
"It is high time that competent persons established who in the Fund
is collaborating with the Sulics and who is still working for the
mafia," Ivekovic said.
He accused a judge of the Zagreb-based Commercial Court of having
turned a deaf ear to the findings of the state audit which showed
that Leon Sulic illegally listed 17 million kuna worth of shares in
his portfolio.
Ivekovic, however, did not regard this as a tragedy given that the
State Prosecution would hold a hearing on the same matter in a few
days and given that the Prosecution possessed a document showing
that the Sulics were intending to build a shopping centre on the
premises of "Croatia Bus" headquarters, i.e. to change the current
business activities.
He announced a protest rally of small share-holders during the
hearing at the Commercial Court next week.
Trpimir Sulic refuted Ivekovic's allegation that the "Croatia Bus"
management did not plan to continue with the job in transport, and
said that the company possessed several pieces of real estate where
it could continue with the transport activities in case it stopped
the job in Heinzelova Street. Asked by reporters whether they were
intending to build the shopping centre on the main premises of the
company, Sulic responded that it was a business secret.
On Friday evening, the union of professional drivers and car
mechanics, on the other hand, welcomed the ruling of the Commercial
Court.
The 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 those workers
provided no evidence to support their claims.
A group of the company's workers asked the 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 "Croatia Bus" shares until
the resolution of a lawsuit launched with the aim to establish who
had the right to hold the company's shares.
The union of professional drivers regards that Trpimir Sulic is
leading the company well and praises him for his work.
(hina) ms