Did Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić and his wife Vesna go through a marital rough patch 24 years ago? According to court records, the couple filed for divorce in March 1996. Apparently, their short-lived divorce was amicable, because then ex-husband Milan immediately approved his ex-wife’s request to purchase an apartment for a price seven times below its market value!
UPDATE: All about Milan Bandic protest “Enough”, which took place Saturday February 1, 2020 here.
Recently Vesna Bandić, wife of the multiple USKOK (Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime) indictee, bought a 68m2 apartment right in the center of Zagreb.
The recently purchased apartment is located on Trg Petra Petretića and was bought from family friends Željko and Dragica Šelendić for 854,000 HRK (114,775 EUR). It is important to emphasize that most of the money, 720,000 HRK (97,304 EUR), was immediately paid in cash. The apartment was purchased for Bandić’s daughter Ana Marija, who was then registered as the apartment’s owner a few days before the New Year, according to Index on February 1, 2020.
Dario Juričan also posted the agreement dated April 7, 1997 for the sale of an apartment on Preradovićeva to Bandić’s wife, on his Facebook profile. Bandić has claimed that the sale of this apartment was the source of funds for the recent purchase of the much larger more expensive property.
You can steal my name, but you can’t steal my corruption! | Dario Juričan
Dario Juričan Uncovers Vesna Bandic Apartment Purchase Agreement
“FROM DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO ŠELA’S APARTMENT IN A FEW COMPLETE STEPS
Milan oh Bandić, you went to court and got divorced from your wife Vesna on March 25, 1996. You only completed this procedure so that your wife Vesna could buy an apartment on Preradovićeva ulica in Zagreb.
Immediately after your divorce was filed, Vesna Bandić submitted a request with the Zagreb Housing Commission for the recognition of right of occupancy for a 38m2 apartment on Preradovićeva 13.
Vesna Bandić claimed that she had been living in the house since birth, even though she was living with you, only a budding label cutter at the time, in a skyscraper on Bužanova 41.
Just a day after submitting her request, the commission accepted her right of occupancy claim and Vesna bought the apartment for 35,760 HRK (4806 EUR), which was then at least seven times less than the market value.
It took you, Milan, just seven days after your divorce to purchase the apartment in Preradovićeva ulica.
Now Milan, you are spinning a tale that your wife Vesna just bought a 68m2 flat from your friend Šela (Dragica Šelendić) for your daughter, from the proceeds of the sale of that apartment on Preradovićeva.
Thank you for reminding us, label cutter, what a complex operation you were prepared to do for 38m2.
Today, Master of the Fog, thanks to your entrepreneurial spirit, your daughter has an apartment almost double the size…
It paid off, Milan, good job!
Dario Juričan, Mayor of the Universe
/ Thank you Hrvoje Appelt! /
Juričan Poses More Questions For Milan Bandic (There Are So Many)
P.S.
I am particularly pleased, Milan, with your announcement yesterday:
“THERE IS NO DISPUTE REGARDING THE MAYOR’S PROPERTY REPORT!
The Mayor obeyed the law and legal procedures (…)
The Mayor properly made the necessary changes to his property report in a timely manner.”
And where did it all go, Milan, all those luxury watches Zenith, Cartier, Piaget, IWC …?
Where did the old-timers from Grude (Bandić’s hometown in Bosnia) go?
Who swallowed the three apartments that you had at your disposal and used …?
How did the 200,000 HRK (26,879 EUR) of cash found in the search of your office and apartment evaporate?
And those fine art paintings you tried to hide with Kikaš, which made you want to go on vacation for a long time because you asked Vida Demarin to make a false statement about those paintings?
Come on, come on, label cutter, send the media the appropriate press releases. Do it properly and in a timely manner, as you always obey the both the law and proper procedure. Please, you can do it,” Juričan wrote on Facebook.
Milan and Vesna Bandić’s Fake Divorce
This story first appeared back in 2005.
In 1996, Bandić divorced his wife, Vesna Bandić, after which she, unburdened by his property, very conveniently bought an apartment in Preradovićeva ulica in the center of Zagreb. The law on compensation for property, which was confiscated during the Yugoslav communist rule, provided people with unresolved housing issues the right of purchase. At that time the Bandić’s owned an apartment on Bužanova ulica.
As such a buyout was only possible until March 1997, it is interesting to note that Bandić divorced his wife in March 1996. Then, a week later, his ex-wife submitted a request to buy an 38m2 apartment for 35,760 HRK (4806 EUR) on Preradovićeva ulica.
Until her death in 1992, her grandmother, Anka Kolarić, lived in the apartment. Vesna Bandić said in her request to buy the apartment that she had been registered at that address since 1975 and she had been living in that apartment for seventeen years. Their daughter, Ana Marija, has also been reported as living at that same address since 1983.
Vesna Bandić Apartment Purchase Agreement | Dario Juričan
Milan Bandić Approved Ex Wife’s Zagreb Apartment Purchase
Vesna Bandić was granted the right to buy the apartment just one day after her request was submitted. Despite their divorce, Bandić, as a government official, personally approved the decision on the recognition of the right of occupancy for his ex-wife. The purchase contract shows that the apartment was purchased for 37,760 HRK (4806 EUR), that the amount of the first installment was 3576 HRK (481 EUR), and the rest was to be paid in 240 installments of 148 HRK (20 EUR) per month.
An extensive archive of Total Croatia News articles on the notorious Zagreb Mayor can be found here. An archive of articles on Dario Juričan can be found here. More information on Juričan can be found on his website.
Another protest against Mayor Bandić, organized by Zagreb Te Zove, will take place on Trg bana Jelačića today February 1, 2020 at 16:00 CET. More information on the protest can be found on the group’s Facebook page.
UPDATE: All about Milan Bandic protest “Enough”, which took place Saturday February 1, 2020 here.
