Levica: Government minute used to authorise 300 million denars for Geta
Levica says a government meeting minute cannot replace legally required corporate approvals for a 300 million‑denar payment tied to the Geta event.
Levica sharply criticised moves by the State Lottery director, Aleksandar Klimovski, after he said a government meeting minute would suffice to release 300 million denars earmarked for the celebration connected to the artist Geta.
Key figures and the explanation from the Lottery
When presenting the costs, Klimovski disclosed that fees for 67 performers amounted to roughly two million euros, but added that the exact sums paid to individual artists are known only to Stardast, the company that organised the event marking 35 years of independence.
Levica asked whether the payout had been approved through a shareholders' assembly minute, a standard step for a joint‑stock company. According to the party, Klimovski repeatedly pointed to a government decision and argued that the Government had acted in the capacity of shareholder.
The party pointed out a passage from Klimovski's remarks: "Whether the decisions are formal or appear in our minutes, in the text of the minutes, they bind us." With that formulation, Levica says, the director effectively asks citizens to accept that form, competence and documentation become secondary when the Government decides where public money should go.
Levica stressed that the State Lottery is a joint‑stock company whose spending decisions must follow legally prescribed procedures. The Government, even as representative of the sole shareholder, cannot simply bypass those procedures or replace the required legal act authorising a 300 million denar payment by citing a government minute.
In its statement the party also argued that VMRO‑DPMNE's habit of keeping institutions under party control creates an assumption that laws can be ignored whenever the party deems it necessary. When institutions are treated as extensions of a political party rather than bodies managing public capital, Levica wrote, it is hardly surprising that officials respond to scrutiny by relativising their own responsibility instead of producing documentation.
Photo: press material from the event
