The Prosecutor’s Office of Sarajevo Canton filed and the Sarajevo Cantonal Court (KSS) confirmed the indictment against the former mayor of Ilidža Municipality Senaid Memić, Ljiljana Eterović, expert advisor for legal affairs in the Spatial Planning Service, Adnan Ćenanović, Azra Mulaosmanović, expert associates for urban planning affairs and municipal construction inspectors Amir Arnautović and Sanja Čizmedžić. All six defendants are charged with a criminal offense – abuse of position or authority.
The accused Senaid Memić is accused of having, together with the other accused, employees of the Municipality of Ilidža, from 2015 to 2017, after initially issuing the investor of the residential and business building ‘Panamera’ an urban planning consent for the construction of the building which includes the ground floor and four floors in accordance with the planning documents, at the request of the investor, in March 2015, enabled the construction of seven floors, although according to the Regulatory Plan and existing laws it was allowed and the construction of up to four floors, announced the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office.
As further stated, in this way the accused Senaid Memić obtained a financial benefit to the investor “Panamera” in the amount of 9,944,000 BAM, but also an illegal benefit in the form of the unhindered construction of additional residential space intended for sale.
The accused Ljiljana Eterović, Adnan Ćenanović and Azra Mulaosmanović, in their capacity as officials of the Spatial Planning Service, acted on the instructions of the accused Memić and drew up illegal permits that he ultimately signed, while the building inspectors Amir Arnautović and Sanja Čizmedžić failed to control the construction and urban planning Decisions that had to be declared null and void.
The defendants applied the same modus operandi to the request of the Malak Group investor.
Namely, the accused Memić facilitated the illegal construction of a hotel with seven floors, even though the Regulatory Plan allows the construction of up to four floors. In this way, the investor ‘Malak Group’ obtained an illegal benefit in the amount of 14,097,472 BAM and the benefit of the construction of additional office space.
At the same time, the defendants are charged with having enabled the owner of the restaurant Bistro ‘Brajlović’ in Ilidža to illegally build and use a parking space in the area of the Željeznica river directly next to the restaurant, in violation of regulations on protection against the harmful effects of water.
In the indictment, the acting prosecutors proposed confiscation of property benefits from the legal entity “Panamera” in the amount of 9,944,000 BAM and from the legal entity “Malak Group” Sarajevo 14,097,472 BAM.
A temporary measure was set to prohibit the alienation and encumbrance of part of the real estate in the Panamera residential and commercial building and the entire Malak Group hotel.
The accused Senaid Memić was proposed to be prohibited from performing the duties of a responsible person in the civil service, public enterprises or any other legal entity for a period of 10 years from the date of finality of the verdict.
For the main hearing, it was proposed to hear 38 witnesses, experts from the architectural profession, and present more than 400 material pieces of evidence.
The filing of the indictment against the mentioned persons was preceded by a complex investigation by the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office in cooperation with the CS Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to the press release.
