ZAGREB, June 8 (Hina) - The Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) supports Vesna Balenovic, dismissed from office at Croatia's oil company INA, who warned about crime and corruption in the company. At today's news conference at the
HSLS headquarters Balenovic said "crime and corruption got hold of this government too", and accused Vice-Premier Slavko Linic and presidential advisor Igor Dekanic for keeping quiet about INA. HSLS secretary Dorica Nikolic dismissed reporters' claims that HSLS's direct support for Balenovic would create a new political crisis within the ruling coalition. Nikolic said speaking out about crime is "good for this government" and not everything can be interpreted as a conflict among the chief partners in the coalition, the HSLS and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Vesna Balenovic's claims are about crime in INA "worth DM 100 million", for which she put the blame on the SDP, and accused the Croatian People's Party (HNS) of
ZAGREB, June 8 (Hina) - The Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
supports Vesna Balenovic, dismissed from office at Croatia's oil
company INA, who warned about crime and corruption in the company.
At today's news conference at the HSLS headquarters Balenovic said
"crime and corruption got hold of this government too", and accused
Vice-Premier Slavko Linic and presidential advisor Igor Dekanic
for keeping quiet about INA.
HSLS secretary Dorica Nikolic dismissed reporters' claims that
HSLS's direct support for Balenovic would create a new political
crisis within the ruling coalition.
Nikolic said speaking out about crime is "good for this government"
and not everything can be interpreted as a conflict among the chief
partners in the coalition, the HSLS and the Social Democratic Party
(SDP).
Vesna Balenovic's claims are about crime in INA "worth DM 100
million", for which she put the blame on the SDP, and accused the
Croatian People's Party (HNS) of being nepotistic.
On May 9 she filed charges before the state prosecutor against the
INA's supervisory board chairman Slavko Linic and management board
chairman Tomislav Dragicevic (who she stated was the son-in-law of
the HNS honorary president Savka Dabcevic-Kucar), as well as
several company executives.
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