At the meeting between the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and representatives of GSP, it was agreed that the Ministry of Economy will withdraw the consent of the City of Belgrade in accordance with the law for a public-private partnership with "Strela". No sign or voice from Šapić
Public-private partnership of the City Belgrade with the road transport company "Strela" and the competition that made this partnership possible will be suspended, the result of the discussions that the representatives City Transport Company "Belgrade" had with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić.
According to the president of the GSP "Centar" trade union Ivan Banković, the meeting was "constructive and detailed":
"You can see from our facial expressions that we act satisfied, we had a very detailed and constructive meeting with the President of the Republic and the Minister of Economy, and there was also the adviser to the mayor of Belgrade who is in charge of public transport."
He pointed out that it was agreed that the public-private partnership and the competition with the company "Strela" will be suspended.
Banković also announced that on July 22, an offer will be opened for the purchase of 60 new trolleybuses and that in the following period there will be discussions and the purchase of 30 new electric buses, and that the technical details will be agreed directly with the City of Belgrade.
He also said that GSP will remain in Dorćol and that there will be no relocation or privatization of the plant.
Answering questions, Banković said that the demands of GSP employees were ignored by all competent institutions until they reached the president of the state.
Banković assessed that "something is rotten" in the Belgrade administration regarding the problem of public transport, bearing in mind that the suppliers asked GSP to pay off a debt of around six billion dinars or they would stop servicing vehicles, and due to a debt of four billion dinars, private carriers issued a warning before suspending transport.
Belgrade owes money to private carriers, they announced the suspension of public transport
The acquisition of 220 buses for GSP was also discussed, but the City of Belgrade "is in a very unenviable financial situation and will obviously not be able to implement this alone".
Banković said that they also talked about the reforms of GSP and public transport and that "everyone agreed that the costs of public transport are unsustainable", because the total debt of GSP is 27,7 billion dinars and he concluded:
"The adviser to the mayor of Belgrade confirmed everything, except that he did not say that they are responsible for such a situation, because they have been managing the city for the past four years. GSP is certainly waiting for important reforms and rationalization of business because it is unsustainable to do business in this way."
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