The former employees of the Zrenjanin department store "Robnih kuća Beograd", in Zrenjanin known as "Nama" (People's warehouse), are waiting to receive their embezzled salaries and contributions from almost three decades ago, writes "Dnevnik". Instead of paying them, the state is withdrawing through the courts which only raises costs
About two hundred former employees of Department Stores from Zrenjanin were "simply forgotten" by the Agency for Privatization and Licensing of Bankruptcy Trustees and all relevant ministries, writes "Dnevnik" from Novi Sad. Some have not even seen a dinar since 1995.
Thus, they claim through the courts salaries and contributions that were not paid to them even a few years before the bankruptcy and privatization.
"When the Department Stores, which had branches in literally all major cities of the former Yugoslavia, were sold to Verano Motors in 2007, most of the employees were paid their salaries and contributions for several years, as their employer did not pay them," explains Konstantin Rankov, Zrenjanin lawyer who represents all former employees of Zrenjanin "Name".
"By some mistake or oversight, I don't know how, but the whole of Zrenjanin and all the employees were forgotten, so the workers, of which there were about 200, did not receive a single dinar," he says.
"I would not like to go to Strasbourg"
The people of Zrenjan had no choice but to sue the state. Because, before going into bankruptcy, "Belgrade" Department Stores were almost 100% socially owned. The withdrawal in the courts has been going on for two decades.
"Recently, the first final judgments started to arrive, and I believe that this will happen with all the others as well," says the lawyer. He adds that the basic sum is not large, up to two hundred thousand dinars, but that the courts also determine interest. "The state has dragged out the process, complains constantly, and that only increases costs." I informed everyone who needs to know about it, but it's a joke," Rankov points out.
Many former employees of "Robnih kuća Beograd" are no longer alive, so the money will go to the accounts of the heirs. "I hope so, because I would not like to go to Strasbourg." Who could explain to the world that the authorities from the Agency, who, by the way, were well rewarded when the bankruptcy ended, first forgot about 200 people, and then the court proceedings lasted for two decades", concludes the lawyer for Dnevnik.
By the way, former employees, small shareholders of Department Stores "Belgrade" have been protesting for a long time and questioning the privatization of Department Stores, which was bought by Verano Motors and MIG Real Estate for 2007 million euros in 360, as well as the justification for introducing bankruptcy in the company in 2002. The bankruptcy was completed in 2009.
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