Vučinović: Why is my income important to you?

It is not clear whether the minister without portfolio, Marija Vučinović, reported her monthly income from HGI to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, but she does not want to talk to journalists about this.
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Anniversary of the Government, Marija Vučinović, Photo: Savo Prelević
Anniversary of the Government, Marija Vučinović, Photo: Savo Prelević
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Ažurirano: 01.07.2018. 06:38h

Minister without portfolio Marija Vučinović receives 300 euros every month from the Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI), but these incomes were not reported in the property register for last year.

The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption did not respond to "News" - whether the minister reported her monthly income from HGI and whether they initiated proceedings against her.

Even Vučinović did not want to tell "Vijesta" whether she had declared income from her party.

"It doesn't matter now. What does it matter to you now? If tomorrow you write where and how much I receive. I don't see why I should give you that information," she said in a telephone conversation when asked about disputed income.

Submitting an asset card with incomplete or incorrect information is a violation of the Law on Prevention of Corruption.

If it turns out that she did not declare funds from HGI, the minister could be fined from 500 to 2.000 euros.

That she had monthly income from HGI was confirmed earlier this week by the State Audit Institution.

"The payment was made in accordance with the Decision of the Presidency of HGI, which determined the amount of monthly allowances, 300 euros for the president, and 250 euros for the members of the central board," the auditor's report says.

The auditors gave HGI positive opinions with attention to both the 2017 annual financial report and the regularity audit.

These incomes from the party were reported by members of the Presidency - deputy Adrijan Vuksanović, former deputy Ljerka Dragičević, councilor in the Kotor Municipality Assembly Ljiljana Velić, vice-president of the Municipality of Tivat Ilija Janović and president of the executive committee of the Croatian National Council Zvonimir Deković, while there is no record of Josip Gržetić in the Agency's register. .

In addition to the disputed income from HGI, the property record states that her monthly income from the Government amounts to 1.680 euros, with the less than 80 euros she receives on another, unspecified basis.

In addition, it was reported that he receives 500 euros per month from the Croatian National Council.

The record states that she is also the head of the government Commission for the Assessment of Damages from Natural Disasters and a member of the Commission for Personnel Issues.

Last year, she received an apartment of 59 square meters from the Government, which, according to the document, was bought from her savings for 6.520 euros.

She had no reported savings in her previous records.

In addition to this apartment, the Vučinovići already have an apartment of 160 square meters and a garage of 28 square meters, which were inherited by her husband Gracija.

In addition, he is the co-owner of two ruins, a family residential building of 42 and 95 square meters, a large plot of land and two immovable properties of 20 and 325 square meters, which are listed under "other".

The spouses own shares in five companies, and the minister drives a Volkswagen Passat from 2005, and the husband owns a boat from 1987.

The Minister instructed the Agency to inspect her bank accounts.

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