JANAF AFFAIR

JANAF AFFAIR Barišić and Petek alone in the windstorm: And the 'right hand' of a powerful entrepreneur admitted the settings Mirjana Prodan changed her attitude of guilt, after which she was released By: Marin DeskovicPosted: October 9, 2020 10:27 pm Mirjana Prodan (in red) and Katarina Gašparac Mirjana Prodan (in red) and Katarina Gašparac Damir Krajač / Cropix The consultant of the entrepreneur Krešo Petek , Mirjana Prodan , has joined the now solid list of suspects who are in the so-called the Janaf affair confessed to the act, after which they were released. Before her, this was done by Petek's business partner Zvonko Maras , then the head of Velika Gorica Water Supply Tomislav Jelisavac and the EU project manager in VG Vodoopskrba Katarina Gašparac . Consultant Prodan, who is accused of arranging the work of designing and reconstructing the Velika Gorica wastewater treatment plant with Petek, Jelisavac, Gašparac and Velika Gorica Mayor Dražen Barišić , was released from Remetinec on Thursday - at USKOK's suggestion. She denied guilt - I don't represent Mrs. anymore. Sold, there was a discrepancy in the concept of defense - told us yesterday the former lawyer of Petek's consultant, Stipe Vokić . - My client presented her defense, after which she was released - Željka Pokupec , a new lawyer hired by M. Prodan , told us . It is interesting that at the beginning of the investigation, Prodan disputed the accusations and, along with Petek and Vatroslav Sablić , she was one of the three defendants who also appealed the decision to initiate the investigation. However, apparently, in the meantime, there has been a change in attitudes about guilt. By the way, all three appeals against the initiation of the investigation, including hers, were rejected today. Also, Mirjana Prodan's confession now leaves an interesting procedural situation in the indictment regarding the deal with the Velika Gorica purifier, because three of the five defendants have so far admitted the crime, leaving Krešo Petek and Mayor Dražen Barišić as the only defendants who deny the crime. The two of them, as could be heard from their lawyers Veljko Miljevic and Ljubo Pavasovic Viskovic , are not considering any guilty plea for the time being. RELATED NEWS 2669607 MIRJANA SOLD Suspect in Janaf affair released from Remetinec, included in Barisic investigation JANAF AFFAIR HDZ members: 'Barisic should have already been expelled from the party, but he will not because of the parliamentary majority' image Dražen Barišić Ronald Goršić / Cropix According to the accusations, Petek's "right hand" in the deal with the Velika Gorica purifier was sold, and numerous conversations were recorded between the two in which the technical details of the offer with which Petek intended to enter the tender announced by VG Vodoopskrba for the reconstruction of the purifier were agreed. However, according to USKOK, they did so illegally, adjusting the terms of the tender to their offer. The main problem, apparently, broke out due to the disposal of sludge that occurs as a product of wastewater in the treatment plant, ie the so-called. earthing sludge. It seems that Petek did not really have experts in earthing, like competitors, but in his offer for sludge remediation he wanted to use other technologies, which the previous conditions of the tender evaluated with a lower number of points than earthing. Therefore, claims USKOK, with the help of Barišić, Jelisavac and Gašparčeva, they "lobbied" for the tender conditions to be changed so that the expertise in grounding does not bring more than the same number of points as any other method. Conversation recordings Prior to that, as can be seen from the recorded phone conversations, Petek and Prodan were considering "acquiring" grounding experts, however, this would mean introducing new partners to the consortium and probably higher costs. image Krešo Petek Damir Krajač / Cropix The first alleged attempt to influence the tender before it was announced - failed. "I don't know why it hasn't been moved," Prodan asked in one of the conversations after the first version of the competition was published, which was not "tailored" to her and Petek. "I guess they didn't give it because it's the EU, this-that, p ... a motherfucker," Petek replied and asked, "Why can't we gather a reference anywhere." So according to the content of the conversation, in the specific job with the purifier, Prodan was a person who was versed in the specific job and in whom Petek had great confidence. The out-of-court panel rejected the defense's appeals The out-of-court panel of the Zagreb County Court rejected the appeals of most of the defendants in the Janaf affair against the pre-trial detention ordered by the investigating judge 20 days ago, including the appeals of former Janaf director Dragan Kovacevic and entrepreneur Kreso Petek. However, the panel accepted the appeal of USKOK, which requested that the pre-trial detention be ordered not only for influencing witnesses, but also for other reasons, so the first defendant Krešo Petek is now in pre-trial detention due to the danger of recidivism. Kovacevic, Petek and seven other defendants were remanded in custody by the investigating judge due to the danger of influencing witnesses, while only two mayors and members of parliament, Barisic and Grgic, were initially remanded in custody due to the danger of recidivism.