The supervisory board of Croatian Radio Television (HRT) on Monday launched proceedings for the dismissal of HRT director-general Goran Radman after the Conflict of Interest Commission recently concluded that Radman should have declared all his assets, including a hotel he owns in Slovenia, which he failed to do after taking up office.
At an extraordinary and open meeting, the supervisory board with three votes for and one abstention decided to launch proceedings for the dismissal of Radman, who had earlier said that he would not step down.
Apart from not declaring ownership of the hotel, the request for his dismissal was launched and forwarded to the parliamentary media committee also due to irregularities in appointments on the HRT, interference in the programme, a sexist outburst against an employee and his statement that reporters were an "evil calling for a lynching".
Radman attended the session but would not comment on the supervisory board's decision.
The Conflict of Interest Commission has earlier fined Radman 15,000 kuna (2,000 euros) for failing to submit his declaration of assets on time. It said then that Radman was in a potential conflict of interest as the owner and founder of a firm whose clients advertise their products and services on the HRT and as a member of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Alpe Adria Bank and the Appointments and Awards Committee of the functional food and drink producer Atlantic Group. After that, on June 3, Radman submitted his declaration of assets without mentioning his ownership of the lakeside hotel in Slovenia.
The HRT director is appointed and relieved of duty by parliament.
