Semira Škugor, former head of the Šibenik Customs Office, has yet to receive justice despite the Supreme Court ruling in April of this year. She was once accused of a serious criminal offense of abuse of position and authority for favoring the company Omega Nova Šibenik, which, as claimed by Uskok, caused the state a loss of 300,000 kuna. This occurred during the era of Sanader.
Škugor is one of the founders of the Šibenik HDZ, and she attributes her downfall to ignoring the verbal instructions of then Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and the head of the Customs Administration Mladen Barišić, who requested ‘certain illegal actions’ from her, claiming that this affair was set up against her. The indictment was raised in 2008, Škugor was suspended and removed from service in March 2011, and while the court proceedings were ongoing, she received a new decision from the Ministry of Finance for the position of senior professional advisor in Šibenik, which is contrary to the Law on Civil Servants. Namely, it was necessary to wait for the proceedings to conclude before determining her status. Thus, even during the proceedings, the then Minister Martina Dalić acted as a supreme judge by practically declaring her guilty by removing her from the position of head, thereby violating the judicial rule that no one is guilty until proven guilty.
Dismissed Lawsuit Škugor appealed her dismissal more than two years ago to the Civil Service Committee, but to this day she has not received a response, although the legal deadline for this is 60 days. Meanwhile, in October 2011, the County Court dismissed Uskok’s lawsuit.
– It is clear that this was a game. Uskok first sought the heaviest qualification of abuse of position and authority, and then went with the lightest qualification – says Škugor.
In April of this year, the Supreme Court also dismissed the lawsuit, and by such a ruling, the Customs Administration was obliged under the Law on Civil Servants to reinstate Semira Škugor to her job, in accordance with the conditions she meets. This has not been done, and five months have passed since April, but the new Customs Administration’s decision practically repeated the same mistake as two years earlier, and Škugor was appointed as a senior professional advisor, this time in Split, which she claims is the lowest possible position in accordance with her qualifications. However, even during the court proceedings, the Šibenik Customs Office was abolished and reorganized into the Split Customs Office, but the Customs Administration should have at least formally appointed Škugor as the head of the Split Customs Office for at least one day, and then dismissed her and given her a new job.
