The former executive director of Nikšić Ironworks Đorđije Manojlović Even yesterday, he did not answer the questions of "Vijesti" regarding illegal public procurement in that state-owned company in the period from the establishment of the company on February 23 until October 13, as determined by the inspection.
Instead of answering the questions about the established irregularities, Manojlović stated that the inspection report will be forwarded to the Court for Misdemeanors, without specifying where he got this information from.
"Inspection supervision was carried out by the inspector for public procurement, a report was made and it will be sent to the Court for Misdemeanors for further action. After the end of the misdemeanor proceedings, you will be informed in a timely manner about all issues," Manojlović stated.
He was dismissed from the management position on October 10.
Manojlović, however, last Friday, when "Vijesti" contacted him for the first time, announced the answers for the beginning of this week. He should have answered - whether he was pressured by anyone to conclude illegal contracts, how many such contracts were concluded and what was agreed upon, why the contracts were concluded outside the legal procedure, why some of the contracts are not held by the public procurement service and why issued invoices for payments that were not signed.
The News also asked the Directorate for Inspection Affairs about the imposed measures, from which they promised answers when they finish the procedure completely.
The administration had previously determined that the Ironworks had violated the Law on Public Procurement (PPL) during procurement of construction materials, food and beverages, computer equipment, machinery, trucks, fuel, conceptual solutions, feasibility studies, repair of cooling devices, risk assessment services , installation of equipment for energy sources, ceramics for the restaurant, materials for PVC carpentry...
The board of directors of Željezara requested that an inspection be carried out due to non-compliance with the law on public procurement, since the establishment of the company in relation to exceeding the procurement limit, the absence of contracts for procurement items for amounts over 4.000 euros and improper separation of procurement by items.
In the records of the Finance Service, there are 21 contracts that did not pass the Law on Public Procurement. We are talking about contracts with domestic and foreign suppliers, and some of the contracts are not owned by the public procurement service of the newly established state-owned company, but only issued invoices for payments, some of them unsigned.
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