The Ministry of Finance rejected as unfounded the appeal of the director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK), Jelena Perović, against the finding and order of the Budget Inspection, which asked her to stop signing variables and overtime compensation for herself, because she is not authorized to do so.
This is stated in the decision signed by the Minister of Finance Novica Vuković.
Jelena Perović was arrested yesterday on the order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), and the Special Police Department (SPO) seized the documentation at the Agency's headquarters until almost midnight last night.
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", spending citizens' money is one of the reasons why Perović was arrested.
"The appealed decision ordered the Director of the Agency to eliminate irregularities in relation to the salary regulation establishing the right to a variable part of salary No. 01-627/2 dated 20.03.2024 and the decision for work longer than full time (overtime work) No. 01-34/6 of March 20.03.2024, XNUMX, which was brought by the Agency's director, Jelena Perović, as an unauthorized person...", it is stated in the anonymized document, from the content of which it is concluded which case is in question.
Perović previously informed the Budget Inspection that she did not act on the order because it was "contradictory and incomprehensible" and that "as an unauthorized person, she cannot act in a specific case".
She also claims that the order is illegal because it was passed "before it was decided to exempt female budget inspectors", which is why she filed a complaint with the second instance authority - the Ministry of Finance.
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"According to the assessment of the second-instance authority, the budget inspector correctly and completely established the factual situation and correctly applied the material regulation, which was not violated to the detriment of the appellant", the decision concluded.
The Budget Inspection inspected the Agency as part of the annual plan, and the findings were published on March 22.
At that time, they warned that during 2023, Perović wrote herself overtime and variables, for which she received almost 13.500 euros, which, they found from the Budget Inspection, was contrary to the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector.
According to the first findings, the director of the Agency worked as many as 310 hours of overtime last year, for which she signed an amount of EUR 5.212,10, and she was also on duty on holidays - May 22 and 23 and July 13 and 14 last year. for which she paid herself daily wages in the amount of 536,78 euros.
She collected an additional more than 8.700 euros for work in the Working Group for determining the list of public officials.
According to the data from the inspection minutes, Perović paid at least 10.000 euros more to the salary account of the members of the former Council for the period from January to June last year compared to what is prescribed by law.
"It was established that the provisions of Article 31, Paragraph 6 of the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector were not applied. The decision on earnings is made by the work body that elected and appointed them...", among other things, the minutes say.
The Agency then, after the findings were made public, accused the inspectors of going beyond their responsibilities, and the media of working against the public interest.
While waiting for the results of objections and appeals, on March 20, Perović forwarded new decisions to the Ministry, asking again for herself and part of the employees the payment of bonuses on salary (variables), overtime...
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