Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď sacks director of Horezza joint stock company over non-transparent sell-off of defence land holdings

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has sacked Chair of the Board of Directors and Director General of MOD-run Horezza joint stock company Miloslava Slížová with effect from 30 April 2020. The reason for her dismissal is mismanaging State estate by selling off Ministry of Defence land holdings in the High Tatras in a non-transparent manner.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: "My task is to protect the State estate that is administered by the Ministry of Defence. That is why I insist that the Defence estate must be managed efficiently and transparently. By selling off plots of land in Tatranská Lomnica for a disadvantageous price and the way it was done by the previous Horezza leadership, it is estimated that the State has lost hundreds of thousands of euros on average – not to mention the non-transparency of this sell-off. That is why I've decided to hold the director of this company personally accountable for her action."

Head of the MOD took this decision partly because of the complaints made against the director of Horezza for how she handled the mandatory quarantine places for repatriated SVK citizens. "No way does this fit into our idea of how we should be helping SVK citizens in the crisis situation that Slovakia is now experiencing. I neither can nor want to tolerate bad managerial decisions," he said, adding that he sincerely wants to thank all employees of the Granit Hotels who are fully committed and dedicated to their work.

Horezza JSC runs the recreational facilities of the SVK Ministry of Defence. The Slovak Republic is the sole shareholder of the company, on behalf of which the SVK MOD is authorised to act.