The memo states that on December 11, 2023, the head of the Department, Ana Lazarov, called a meeting of the employees. When they got together, she announced that she was going to record the meeting on her phone. No consent was asked.
Lazarov then said that in the New Belgrade Department, a "criminal act related to the recognition of the right to one-time financial assistance for several hundred to a thousand persons in the period from December 6 to 10, 2023, was committed, illegally, without conducting an expert procedure."
She then said that the rights recognition decisions were made during business hours "and after business hours, as well as during Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10, 2023."
Unauthorized persons also worked on the solutions
She emphasized that binding procedures were not implemented in the drafting of the decision, that "persons who are not authorized to draft the administrative act, as well as persons who are not employed in the New Belgrade Department" worked on the decisions.
In the continuation, Lazarov said that she does not know from which official orders the solutions were made, and in that sense there is a possibility that all reports of expert workers who did not have their codes changed in the Sozis system, in the New Belgrade Department, were compromised.
Recognition
Lazarov admitted in front of those present that as a manager she "participated in these actions", she said that she was "ready to answer for what was done, as well as that she signed 156 decisions on the recognition of the right to one-time financial assistance".
After that, she explained to those present, she "refused to take part in it".
Lazarov stated that after her departure from the premises of the New Belgrade department, during the weekend, "the work continued in the presence of the director of GCSR in Belgrade and colleagues and persons who came later".
She also told the employees of the department she manages that she informed and took official files from the Department to the police.
In the letter that "Vreme" received, it is not stated to which police station.
Addressing the competent authorities
At the end, Lazarov added that she was going on sick leave, which she also advised the employees of the New Belgrade Department, especially those who were present at the meeting and participated in the mentioned actions.
In this letter, which was addressed to the competent authorities, it is stated at the end: "We, the employees of the New Belgrade Department, are concerned in the expectation that we will not bear responsibility and consequences, as well as labels due to the fact that criminal acts were committed by some of the employees, in which we do not we belong, as well as from persons who came from outside, outside of working hours and work engagement. We expect you to react immediately in accordance with your competences, in order to continue professional work in the Department in accordance with the Law".
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