Not even after almost a month, since the Board of Directors of Solar Construction removed her from the position of executive director, Valerija Saveljić has not received an explanation for that. And he has no doubt that there is a political motive behind her dismissal on August 12, when the first positive results of work in seven months were announced.
"I don't see any other reason. It was an unorganized mob. I can say that publicly. So we brought everything together, introduced order and discipline and turned Solar Gradnja into a company," Saveljić told Television Vijesti.
Asked if she had concrete evidence that her dismissal was politically motivated, she answered:
"It is very difficult to prove concretely, but when you come to the company and then most people say this is the company of the New Serbian Democracy. I heard that for the first time. And anyone who later applied for the competition. It was very difficult for them if they were not employees, who are not members of the New Serbian Democracy, did not pass the competition. They also blamed me for not extending the contract for about 120 people, because I complied with the rehabilitation plan."
Marina Jočić from Nova has been at the head of the EPCG Solar Construction Board since the end of March.
In the previous days, it was speculated that she dismissed Saveljić, because she allegedly assigned her daughter, who was the head of the PR department at Solar gradnja, to another position. Saveljić, who is a GP URA staff member, claims that it was illogical for her that the head of the PR service works in Podgorica, while the company's headquarters is in Nikšić, so she sent three surprise inspections.
"All three times Mrs. Iva Čukić-Šoškić was not at her workplace. The first time we warned them, the second time we refused their daily allowance. I decided, according to the new systematization, to appoint a man who is in Nikšić and who is close to me, who can attend I don't know if that was the reason for Mrs. Marina Jočić to get revenge on me that the electorate in Solar construction was a little disturbed, because people saw that they used them more for party purposes," said Saveljić.
The dismissal of Saveljić also surprised the Minister of Energy, Saša Mujović, who, due to the suspicion that it was a politically motivated dismissal, asked the Board of Directors of Elektroprivreda to start the procedure for the dismissal of the Board of Directors of their daughter company, without agreement with his department. However, they did not do that, but asked the board of Solar Construction for detailed information about the reasons for the dismissal of Saveljić. Because of all this, she is preparing a lawsuit in which she asks to be returned to the same place.
"First there is mediation, and then, if no agreement is reached, there is a lawsuit. I am going through that procedure. So I have already submitted it. In the meantime, yesterday I received an offer and an annex to the contract, where they offer me the position of commercial director based in Podgorica ".
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When asked if he will agree to that, Saveljić answers that according to the Labor Law, I have to agree to that position.
"Because in the case, if I don't make a statement within eight days, I will be fired. So, I have to agree, I will definitely try to protect my rights in court".
It was also mentioned that because of the dismissal, Saveljić could receive 100 euros in compensation, and that amount, she says, might be so much that she would not continue to work.
"I have an obligation under the contract to work. So, according to that contract, two-thirds of my director's salary, if there was a reason for dismissal, I should receive until the end of the mandate. And this way, because there is no reason due to the contract, I assume that I will get the difference in court. And how much can it be? I hope it can be around 30.000 euros."
There was talk of mass employment in Solar construction and that people did not come to work. Saveljić claims that things have changed, that he is leaving a legally and financially settled company that has prospects if it continues at the same pace.
"But as I hear and see, he does not continue with that. Now 120 fewer people are employed. So there were 540, now there are 420. Now there are no more people who do not come to work. Because every employee has to enter his working hours every day and certify it his boss even later goes to finance to calculate the work," Saveljić cried.
The answers regarding the dismissal and the claims of Saveljić Television Vijestui also asked from Solar Construction, and according to what they were told, they expect them in the coming days.
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