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Sulik to Publish All Contracts for Reconstruction of Bratislava Castle
Tuesday 20 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) - Parliamentary Chairman Richard Sulik said on Tuesday that he will form an expert committee to pass judgement on whether the statue of Svatopluk in the courtyard of Bratislava castle was put in the right place or not.
Sulik plans to find out if the statue "wouldn't be better off somewhere else", with the expert committee to be headed by historian Marina Zavacka. He expects the committee to rule on the issue within a couple of weeks.
The parliamentary chairman added that he intends to publish all contracts vis-a-vis the reconstruction work on Bratislava Castle on the internet next week. "As far as unpublishable contracts go, I'm about to call upon a company called Vahostav to give its consent to their release. If not, I'll look for other ways to publish the contract in its entirety," said Sulik, who stated that doesn't want to act rashly regarding the Svatopluk statue or the reconstruction work. "There's no time pressure. We've got all the time we need to find a nationally acceptable solution."
Sulik thinks that publishing the contracts will contribute to a public discussion. "It will be very helpful to have these contracts published. Maybe someone will come forward then and point to certain flaws," he said.
According to Sulik, it's important to find out first whether or not there are enough resources available to finish the reconstruction work on the castle. "The Finance Minister (Ivan Miklos) will have a lot to say on this issue. I, for one, will certainly not want to suspend the work at all costs. We need to determine an appropriate phase during which it would be possible to suspend the work without significant costs," said Sulik, adding that he doesn't want to let the work on the castle remain unfinished for a longer period of time.
Sulik said that it isn't clear yet whether the reconstruction work should be carried out by Vahostav [owned by alleged Smer-SD sponsor Juraj Siroky - ed. note] or not. "There are more options, we'll make a decision after a week or two," he said.
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