INA privatisation inquiry

Sanader to appear before commission of inquiry for INA

11.10.2010 u 16:19

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Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is expected to testify on Tuesday before a parliamentary commission of inquiry probing the privatisation of the INA oil and gas company, the commission's chairwoman, Dragica Zgrebec, said on Monday.

Sanader is the last of seven witnesses summoned by this body in July.

The other six witnesses -- Slavko Linic, Ljubo Jurcic, Tomislav Dragicevic, Ivan Suker, Damir Polancec and Zoltan Aldott -- were questioned by the commission on 13 and 14 September, when Sanader was abroad.

Linic, a former deputy Prime Minister and former INA supervisory board chairman, Jurcic, a former economy minister, and Dragicevic, a former chairman of INA's managing board, testified about the sale of a 25 percent interest plus one share in INA to Hungary's MOL in 2002.

Suker, who is current Deputy Prime Minister and INA supervisory board chairman, Polancec, a former deputy PM and former economy minister, and Aldott, the current chairman of INA's managing board, testified about alterations in the shareholders' agreement and the divestiture of the gas business from INA in the period from 2003 to 2009.

After questioning the last witness, the commission is to send a report to the parliament by 23 October, when it should complete its six-month work.