Minister of Health against Zalar to be a director

Minister of Health Valentina Prevolnik Rupel She said today that after the mid -session of the Ljubljana Psychiatric Clinic Council have not yet been obtained and expected. However, they will certainly suggest that the government Bojan Zalar She does not appoint a director for a new term, she explained in a statement before the government’s meeting.

The Council of the University Psychiatric Clinic (UPK) Ljubljana, who met for the first time after the replacement of the government’s representatives on Wednesday, has adopted a declaratory decision that the Council in the previous composition of the current director Zalar at the 27 session was awarded a new term in February.

After this session, otherwise the then President of the Council Tomaž Subotič explained to the media that none of the two candidates who met the conditions were given sufficient support. One of them was Zalar, who expires his current term at the end of April. On Wednesday, the world in the new composition found that Zalar was appointed director at that session. He adopted the declaratory decision on the basis of the voting of the Council in the previous composition and the legal opinion made by the Institute of Public Administration.

The complication is expected to arise from the discrepancy of the Rules of Procedure of the Council UPK LJUBLJANA and the decision to establish UPK on the necessary majority to vote on the appointment of the director. According to unofficial information, the institute is said to have stated in the legal opinion that the decision to establish a clinic is legally hierarchically higher than the rules of procedure of the clinic.

Thus, Zalar is supposed to be at a meeting 27. February voted as director. He was supposed to vote for three of the six members present, and was supported by the then President of the Council, whose voice is decisive in the event of an equal number of votes. However, the government must give its consent to his appointment.