Brno - The South Moravian Region will consider changes to the board, including the chairman, of the company Thermal Pasohlávky, which it created with the municipality of Pasohlávky to establish a spa zone. This was said to ČTK today by the governor's deputy Taťána Malá (ANO). According to her, the reason is poor management and a lack of support from the company's leadership for the plan to create Chinese baths in Pasohlávky for two billion crowns. The project proposal is to be completed by the end of September and will be evaluated by the region, the municipality, and the Chinese side. Representatives of the region signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Chinese company RiseSun in May this year.
Mladá fronta Dnes highlighted the speculations surrounding the Chinese baths. The board of Thermal Pasohlávky has three members: the former mayor Tomáš Ingr represents the municipality, the chairman Jiří Škrla represents the region, and until Monday there was also Martin Itterheim, who resigned voluntarily. He joined the company a month and a half ago to develop the project proposal. “I did not feel the support of my colleagues. In particular, Mr. Škrla told me several times that he does not support the Chinese side. It’s difficult to work when I have to carry it on my own and against the will of the chairman,” Itterheim told ČTK, who previously worked as a project manager at A.S.A. under the director Petr Vokřál, the current mayor of Brno for ANO. Škrla told Mladá fronta that Itterheim was not up to his position and that no one is boycotting any investment. He added that negotiations with the Chinese are ongoing and labeled the whole matter as an attack by deputy Malá.
Malá denies this, wishing only to adhere to the agreement on the creation of the project proposal. According to her, Škrla expressed a negative attitude towards the Chinese side even at the company's general meeting. Therefore, ANO will propose in July to the council that it discusses changes to the board, including the chairman. “The ANO movement is unified on this. We want to discuss it with the other coalition partners,” Malá stated.
Deputy governor Roman Hanák (ČSSD) told ČTK that Škrla has done a lot of work. “I am convinced that he is capable of bringing the project to a successful conclusion,” he stated. He admitted there is tension between Thermal Pasohlávky and the Chinese side. “Last year, negotiations sometimes collapsed due to personal issues. The Chinese side pointed out problems at Thermal Pasohlávky and vice versa. This year we supplemented the conditions and signed a new memorandum, so I believe we will get it done,” Hanák said. He believes there is no reason for Škrla to leave. “However, if colleagues come up with a compelling argument for why he should leave, I am open to debate,” Hanák added.
According to Malá, another reason is also poor management. “An external law firm is paid 1.5 million crowns annually, and business class tickets are purchased at several times the normal price, among other things,” she stated. Therefore, the region has initiated a review of the company's management, which reported a loss of 17 million last year.
Thermal Pasohlávky was established by the region with the municipality in 2007, since when the company has been building infrastructure. The Chinese baths are to be created for two billion crowns on an area of 20 hectares. Pasohlávky is about 30 kilometers from Brno. Nearby is the Pálava Lednice-Valtice area, a protected landscape. The area is frequently visited by tourists.
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