In Croatia: HDZ politician (Banožić) gave himself a luxury apartment, HRK 200,000 (26000€) was spent on the decoration
In Croatia: HDZ politician (Banožić) gave himself a luxury apartment, HRK 200,000 (26000€) was spent on the decoration
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Translation:
NACIONAL writes on the cover of the new issue that Banožić allocated himself a 92-square-meter apartment in the very center of Zagreb.
Furthermore, the weekly writes that none of the 133 apartments intended for official needs suited Banožić, but he chose another apartment, much larger than the ones used by the ministers. In addition, they add, he had it luxuriously decorated, and the property management company tried, they write further, to cover up how 200,000 kuna was spent on the decoration.
In the text, Nacional writes that Banožić allocated an apartment to himself in 2019, shortly after he became the Minister of State Property.
According to Nacional, referring to a well-informed source, the decoration cost around 200,000 kuna. Of that, HRK 50,000 (6500€) went to the kitchen alone. New floors have been installed, and the bathrooms have been completely renovated. New furniture was also ordered.
Allegedly, due to the need for redevelopment, the employees of the property management company worked overtime and on weekends.
Don’t lie, I’m sure some of that money was spent on utilities as well. Not just decoration.
Maybe he will play the Vulin card and say that his aunt from Canada gave him the money
He is just using that apartment and the amount was not spent on “decorations” but renovations – big difference.
This is all legal under Croatian law.
Once he isn’t a minister anymore he will vacate the apartment.
Casual, our minister got 24
He didn’t “give himself” an apartment. Jeez people, read the article, not just the bombshell headline. He was entitled to an apartment in Zagreb as a minister whose residence is in a relatively distant part of the country, and due to the size of his family (wife and three kids) he was entitled to the 96 square meters that he got. The apartment had to be renovated to be made livable before he moved in. Once his term is up, he will have to vacate the apartment. It isn’t his, it’s a government-owned flat made available for his use.
It is all perfectly legal under Croatian law, and the “controversy” shouldn’t be that a minister “stole” an apartment, as he didn’t. It should be that ministers are entitled to such obscene privileges despite earning more than twice the median wage and being fully capable of renting or purchasing an apartment on their own.