Verdict for Minister Pendeš to be Pronounced on Thursday

The verdict in the case of Marina Pendeš before the Section II for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been scheduled for Thursday, 25 February 2016, starting at 12:00 PM, in courtroom 8, reports the Patria news agency.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment on 24 August 2015, charging the accused Marina Pendeš with the criminal offense of negligent work in office under Article 224, paragraph 2, in conjunction with paragraph 1, and the criminal offense of forgery of an official document under Article 226, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Article 53 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The accused is charged with, in her capacity as an official and appointed official in executive institutions, while performing the duty of Deputy Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, enabling the payment of salaries and allowances to her cabinet advisor Ivo Miro Jović, even though he did not regularly come to work nor was present at his workplace. In this way, the state was damaged in the amount of nearly 17,000 KM, which was paid to Jović for his engagement as an advisor, thus obtaining illegal property gain for him. (acz)