Fight between Board for regulation and minister of economy deepens
Future of the Board for Regulation and the Regulatory Office for Network Industries The Board for Regulation will not be canceled as it was previously planned. The decision was taken by Slovak PM Mrs. Iveta Radičová. Radičová together with her coalition partners voted against the suggestion of Minister of Economy and Construction Mr. Juraj Miškov. Miškov planned to cancel the Board within the frame of the amendment Bill for the Regulation law. According to the government, the proposed step would not fulfill the program declaration of the government. As Mrs. Radičová explained, „the declaration clearly states that we will depoliticize the whole functioning of the ÚRSO (Regulatory Office). So if the chief of the Regulatory Office would be nominated by the government, it would be the completely opposite process.” Juraj Miškov now has to come up with a different solution on how to re-organize the Regulatory Office ÚRSO and overall regulatory framework. The original proposal to cancel the Board for Regulation on 1st November was presented by him during the stipulation process last week. In case the government would vote for the proposal, the current members sitting in the Board would have to leave their posts. The next would be the direct nomination of the new chairman and vice-chairman of ÚRSO by the government. Minister Miškov defended his proposal saying that until now, the Board for regulation did not fulfill the expectations and goals for why it was created in 2007. The dispute between Minister Miškov and Board chairman Holjenčík started on Monday, 13th September when Miškov accused the ÚRSO Board that they did not hand in their proposals for the chairman and vice-chairman positions. Holjenčík on the contrary argued that the Board did so already in 2007, 16 days after the Board was appointed. As Miškov stated, „the government (Zobraziť celý článok)
