DUI: Four months of silence from Burim Latifi over €19.3m loss at MEPSO
DUI demands to know who authorised the Energoinvest contract termination and what investigations prosecutors and the anti-corruption commission have opened after MEPSO’s pre-arbitration loss of about €19.3 million.
The Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) has publicly demanded answers about a nearly four-month silence from MEPSO’s general director, Burim Latifi, after DUI warned about an arbitration-related financial exposure of €19.3 million and called for accountability.
DUI says citizens must know which officials authorised the termination of a contract with the Sarajevo-based company Energoinvest and who assessed the legal and financial risks after MEPSO lost a pre-arbitration ruling before a Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) for roughly €19.3 million — a decision that, DUI warns, now pushes the matter toward full arbitration. ([kalach.mk](https://kalach.mk/dispute_adjudication_board_arbitration/?utm_source=openai))
The party also flagged a new multimillion-euro contract MEPSO signed with a consortium led by Dalekovod that includes Serbia’s Kodar Energomontaza (Belgrade) and Elnos BL (Banja Luka), a company that has been publicly linked to circles around Milorad Dodik. DUI asked why the ruling party Vlen would allow a strategic segment of North Macedonia’s energy sector to be connected with companies from Serbia and the Republika Srpska.
Questions for prosecutors and anti-corruption authorities
DUI has called on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption to disclose whether they have opened an investigation and what steps they have taken to examine the contracts, decisions and possible responsibility for the alleged financial damage. The party says full institutional transparency and concrete answers are necessary.
Translating its warning into a direct challenge, DUI said: "Burim Latifi may choose to remain silent, but €19.3 million counterclaims dismissed in the pre-arbitration phase and a new multimillion contract with a consortium that includes companies from Belgrade and Banja Luka cannot pass in silence." The party demands clear information on who authorised the contract termination, who evaluated the risks, and who will be held accountable if the state suffers further losses in arbitration.
Photo: press material from the event
