BRATISLAVA, January 8, (WEBNOVINY)- Prime Minister Iveta Radicova agrees that the Prosecutor General Office makes public who stands behind the fictitious company Allied Wings with a London address. Former prime minister and head of the strongest opposition party SMER-SD leader Robert Fico accused the party of Mikulas Dzurinda in January 2010 of money laundering via this firm. The ex-prime minister said that the Allied Wings emerged on January 13, 2000, only some months before it provided the loan to the SDKU-DS and closed on June 2, 2009, just a few weeks after his party announced it would publish information on suspicions on SDKU money laundering.
Prime Minister Radicova said that that the Prosecutor General Office has all documents on owners and also the director of this company. She invited those who are interested in getting acquainted with the respective documentation to turn to the prosecutor.
The prime minister however failed to clarify the background of the firm. “I do not know what to add to this topic. Only that if we do not trust and you obviously do not trust the results of the Prosecutor General Office’s investigation then the time is ripe to initiate very radical changes there,” she said. Radicova added that just as the public wants to know about the background of the shell company it is also eager to learn information about the “marvelous imitator of Mr. Fico“ and other financial cases. Asked whether she will appeal on the special prosecutor office to publish also the decision of special prosecutor Dusan Kovacik on halting investigation in the case of SMER-DS dubious funding she said that appeals have been made a hundred times while substantial is how the prosecutor general office conducts by law.
The prime minister also expressed her opinion on the increased VAT and the government package of austerity measures, which should affect the citizens this year. She labeled them inevitable and promised that citizens do not have to be worried about further belt tightening in her election term. “We will not take the path of increasing taxes or fees”, she promised. The government is working on systemic measures in the area of public finances and mechanisms to control caps on public expenditures, the public finance deficit and budgetary measures. She considers it of key importance to make public contracts on public procurement. She thinks that their publication is the best method of saving and effective use of public funds.
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