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Grozdan Karadzhov PHOTO: Nikolai Litov
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Only BGN 2 million remain in the company’s accounts.
The state-owned company Avtomagistrali EAD, which has to complete the Hemus highway, clear the snow and maintain three main sections of the highway in the country, is not over.
A few days ago, on January 17, Desislava Hristova was fired from her post of co-executive director and board member by order of Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Minister Grozdan Karadjov. By the same order the statute of the company was changed and it was left with only one executive director – Ivan Stanchev. Both were appointed to their posts during the caretaker government.
The change
not yet
inscribed in
Commercial
register,
as a vigilant employee of the Registry Agency noticed a lack of clarifying text in the new statutes and gave instructions for correcting the error.
However, on January 19, Grozdan Karadzhov issued a new order removing Ivan Stanchev from office. According to acquaintances, this happened in the afternoon and as soon as Stanchev was informed by phone that he had been removed, and even before he saw the written order, he fired the company’s chief engineer Evgeni Genchev and the head of the Infrastructure Construction Directorate. directly responsible for Hemus – Tsvetan Petkov. The explanation he gave them was that he owed his dismissal to their denunciations.
The removal of the two engineers
gives rise to something
as a riot among
the whole
engineer
composition
of the company
– about 30 people who decide to resign the next day – Thursday.
It became clear only on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday, however, the text of Grozdan Karadzhov’s order revealed that in addition to removing Ivan Stanchev, he appointed two engineers, Evgeni Genchev and Tsvetan Petkov, as members of the board of directors, one of whom will likely be elected by the board later. CEO.
“I assign the new management to take care of the interests of the company honestly and responsibly in compliance with strict financial discipline, respectively – of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and the state. The most urgent task I set for them is
to speed up
work on
both
priority on
the ministry
– the completion of the Hemus highway and the Vidin-Botevgrad expressway, the Deputy Prime Minister was quoted as saying in a press release from the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
Meanwhile, only BGN 2 million remain in the company’s accounts, and about BGN 320 million are needed for payments on current projects this year alone, it became clear a few days ago at an extended meeting at the Ministry of Road Construction. This money will be requested from the 2022 budget, Grozdan Karadzhov said at the time.
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