The Assembly of the Budva Tourist Organization today elected a new five-member Executive Board, the unanimous decision of the 14 members present.
The Vice-President of the Municipality of Budva, Jasna Dokić, opened the third regular session of the 23th convocation of the Assembly of the Tourist Organization of Budva and announced that 14 of the XNUMX members were present, and that there was a quorum.
Dragana Kovačević was appointed as the president of the Executive Board, the members are Mina Jablanović Mićević, Mirko Božović, Nikola Kasalo and Miroslav Vujović.
This opened the way for the dismissal of director Nemanja Kuljača.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Tourism invited the Administrative Inspectorate to carry out an inspection, claiming that the session was scheduled in violation of the law.
City manager Marijana Božović said that the session was legal and that a media and political lynching was being conducted.
She asserted that the Tourist Organization was brought to the brink of business, and accused the current management of it.
She reminded that four members of the Executive Board had resigned, and that now a legally scheduled meeting was held and a new Executive Board was elected.
"I condemn the deception of the Court by the director of TO Budva, Nemanja Kuljača. I call on the Minister of Tourism to deal with the shameful business of the Tourist Organization," said Božović.
She stated that TO Budva has become in the service of a political party, and that the video material should be taken and checked.
"The office of the manager of the Municipality of Budva served as a headquarters during the election campaign for the May elections. Let everything be investigated by the authorities. To determine who removed the video surveillance. The municipality of Budva bears the mistake for the election of the director, and it is commendable that it is now acting legally." emphasized Božović.
She invited the Special Prosecutor's Office to investigate the operations of TO Budva and the connection of certain persons with the director Nemanja Kuljaca and obtaining business arrangements.
"The moral bottom reached by TO Budva, that someone thought that TO could be a private company. It is not the property of godfathers, but of all the citizens of the municipality of Budva," said Božović.
She detailed the business and godfather connections of Kuljača and businessman Marko Kentera, and said that in this way they damaged the coffers of the richest local TO in Montenegro.
She stated that according to the directive of TO Budva, fake profiles are created on social networks through which the current municipal leadership is disparaged and called on the authorities to investigate it.
Božović asked why the management of TO Budva did not deal with the Committee building, as well as the business premises on the third floor of TQ Plaza, which were given to them for the development of culture, and why nothing was invested and they represent ruins, but they are dealing with the office belonging to the City Manager Service.
Secretary for Investments Joko Popović, who is a member of the municipal Coordination Body for the preparation of the season, emphasized that the director of Kuljač never attended those meetings.
He accused Kuljača that he is to blame for the course of the season, and not construction work or garbage as it is believed.
"I hope that the new Executive Board will remove such a director and appoint a new one and that we will successfully prepare the new tourist season," said Popović.
The Assembly did not adopt the report on the operations of TO Budva and the financial plan for 2022, 2023, as well as the financial plan and work program for 2024.
Božović: Kuljača illegally employed as many as 15 workers on a permanent basis
Božović stressed that Kuljača illegally employed as many as 15 permanent workers in TO Budva during the election process.
"One of them is a person employed as a driver, who does not have a driver's license, over 30 contracts on temporary temporary jobs. I ask the Ministry of Tourism and the Special Prosecutor's Office if this is a legal action according to the statute of TO Budva and why they do not react to this kind of abuse of position director Nemanja Kuljača", she said.
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