The Prime Minister of Bosnia is sentenced to 4 years in prison, he squandered funds during the pandemic

2023-04-05 11:16:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Prime Minister of Bosnia is sentenced to 4 years in prison, he squandered

A court in Bosnia has sentenced Prime Minister Fadil Novalić to 4 years in prison for misappropriation of funds in the case of the purchase of Chinese respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former head of civil defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fahrudin Sollak, and the owner of the agricultural company "Srebrena Malina", Fikret Hoxhiq, were also sentenced for the same charge.

Novallic did not appear at the sentencing hearing for the plan drawn up during the pandemic to spend budget money on the purchase of tools and equipment to fight the coronavirus.
The Minister of Finance, Jellka Milicevic, has been acquitted of the charges that she did not intervene to prevent the officials from continuing with their plan.

The trial for the purchase of 100 ventilators from China, worth 5.4 million euros, for the needs of the health system in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina began on February 23, 2021. The ventilators were purchased in April 2020
, one day after the declaration of the state of emergency. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, without a tender and with a direct agreement with the private company "FH Srebrena Malina", which deals in fruit and vegetable trade.


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