In April, the Serbia Open tournament was organized by the Tennis Association of Republika Srpska. It brought together many participants, as well as visitors. After all, the question remains what exactly these 55 million marks were spent on and how much the construction of the complex actually cost. The opposition and analysts denounce irregularities and non-transparent spending of budget funds.
The RS Tennis Association has never answered questions about how millions were spent on the construction of the tennis complex and the organization of the tournament. The president of the association, Draško Milinović, has not yet fulfilled his promise to submit everything to the public for inspection. The RS opposition requests the same information from the RS government.
“Okay, there was a tournament, it had some effect, but tell us people know: 55 million – to whom, to which companies, for what and how much was paid? There is still no answer,” says NSRS PDP MP Igor Crnadak.
Even if there is no response, NSRS President Nenad Stevandić believes that the government will nevertheless soon answer parliamentary questions on the same topic.
“It was a parliamentary question. The response is late, but I have information that it will come soon,” he said.
The tennis tournament in Banja Luka, which was attended by the world’s best tennis player Novak Djokovic, caused a lot of speculation. From questioning all the necessary building permits to forking out huge sums of money for a one-off tournament.
“Fifty-five million marks were spent on a tennis tournament, on the construction of a sports hall, a sports arena without a permanent building permit. It was made as a temporary object, and we see that this is not the case. The state found a loophole in the law to do it overnight, making direct deals with entrepreneurs, and nothing happens,” said journalist Siniša Vukelic.
He recalls that the municipal administration of Banja Luka, whose mayor is Draško Stanivuković, a party colleague of Igor Crnadka, donated ten million marks for the construction of the tennis center.
“Even though the city administration gave 15 million, the money was mainly spent by republican authorities, including their own,” Crnadak explains.
The complex was not completely finished after the tournament. Banja Luka councilors, who are not part of the government, neither at the republican nor local level, have warned that tens of millions of marks are allocated to organize a single sporting event in the city, while sports allowances decrease from year to year. year.
