Fugitive Galić's dismissal still pending: Council of Ministers did not hold session, Nešić withdrew agenda item

(Patria) - The BiH Council of Ministers did not dismiss Zoran Galić today, and the session was actually not held because there was apparently no agreement, so the Minister of Security Nenad Nešić withdrew the agenda item.

The Independent Board of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly previously passed a conclusion and sent it to the BiH Council of Ministers to consider the possibility of dismissing Zoran Galić. This request came after Galić was declared a suspect in the "Kings" operation. He was supposed to be apprehended, but fled to Croatia before his arrest.

The dismissal of fugitive Zoran Galić will remain pending, and a new regular session of the BiH Council of Ministers is expected in the last week of this month.

We remind you that the BiH Prosecutor's Office requested the BiH Court to issue an arrest warrant for Galić.

According to its authorities, the Independent Board is the only body competent to initiate the dismissal of directors and deputy directors of police agencies. The Independent Board received a request for dismissal which they did not consider at all, but instead, from their jurisdiction, paved the way for the Council of Ministers to dismiss Galić.

If he were to be dismissed, and not relieved of duty as Galić is requesting from Croatia, he would not receive any benefits. If they were to relieve him of duty, it would enable him to receive severance pay upon retirement.

Galić was paid a salary for July only for the days he spent at work. Given that he did not officially report sick leave or submit medical certificates for it, and was not allowed to use his annual leave, which is planned in advance in police agencies, he requested to be relieved of duty with the date he left BiH. According to Patria's information, Galić met the retirement conditions earlier, not from July 8, when he decided to use it and try to avoid dismissal.

SIPA Director Darko Ćulum did not allow Galić to use his annual leave, and by July 25, he had not submitted sick leave certificates, which is why his timesheet for the days he was not at work could not be filled out.

BiH Minister of Security Nenad Nešić stated after the last session of the BiH Council of Ministers that there is no time to waste, and if necessary, they would convene by phone and make a statement on the matter.

However, such matters cannot be resolved by phone and depend on the vote of one person from any nation.

Nešić, as the Minister of Security and as someone who claims to be a legalist, should be the first to call for Galić's dismissal, not leave room for various agreements with the HDZ, of which Galić is a cadre, on whether the fugitive will be allowed to profit from his escape from justice.