The Conflict of Interest Commission on Thursday launched proceedings against the former CEO of oil pipeline operator JANAF, Dragan Kovacevic, and ombudsman Lora Vidovic.

Proceedings were launched against Kovacevic because before becoming the CEO of JANAF he had not transferred the managing rights over the Finkor company, which is fully owned by him, and the Raseljka company, in which he has a 5% stake. Kovacevic is currently in pre-trial custody on suspicion of corruption at JANAF.

Proceedings against Vidovic were launched because she had used a staff car while on summer holidays.

Vidovic said in her response to the Commission that it was a car used by staff for field visits and that she was entitled to use it off duty as well. She said she had used the vehicle at the end of July and the beginning of August because in previous years she had to cut short her holidays, and stressed that she had paid for the fuel herself.

The Commission said that the fuel was not the only cost of using the car, citing tyres, registration and insurance which annually cost a total of HRK 8,000 (€1,060).

Vidovic was reported by her staff who saw the car in the car park with a Thule box mounted on its roof, after which it was gone for two weeks. They inferred that Vidovic had gone on holiday with the staff car and asked the Commission to look into it.