The question to be decided is whether the request for an investigation concerning Jouni Palosaari, the CEO of Levi’s elevator company, was unfounded. For example, former Prime Minister Antti Rinnet (sd) will be heard as a witness.
19.3. 17:24
Supreme The Court of Appeal (KKO) decided to hold a rare oral hearing in a case concerning Kittilä ‘s municipal decision – makers. The hearing will take place in Rovaniemi at the end of April.
The KKO decided on the matter at its preparatory session on Friday. A total of 17 defendants and witnesses will be heard at the hearing. Among other things, the former prime minister will be heard as witnesses Antti Rinneen (sd) and the former mayor of Kittilä Anna Mäkelä.
Rinne represented the trade union PRO on the board of Levi’s elevator company when the CEO of the elevator company Jouni Palosaari transferred to other duties and was the subject of a request for an inquiry.
KKO granted the prosecutor partial leave to appeal in a civil case against Kittilä ‘s shop stewards last fall.
KKO only examines the first phase of a wide range of municipal administration events.
At the end of 2013, Mäkelä filed a request for an investigation into the CEO of Palosaari, the municipality’s majority-owned Levi Ski Resort, because it leaked confidential information from another manufacturer that had participated in the tender to the elevator manufacturer.
In 2014, municipal decision-makers withdrew Mäkelä’s request for an investigation, and the municipal council dismissed him, citing a lack of trust.
The trustees stated that the former CEO still enjoys the trust of the municipality and that he must be recalled as the company’s CEO.
KKO is now investigating whether the municipal trustees were in breach of their duties in order to benefit the former managing director of an elevator company belonging to the municipal group.
The question to be decided is whether the request for an investigation was unfounded or whether the trustees favor Palosaari in order to benefit from it.
Both the Lapland District Court and the Rovaniemi Court of Appeal are rejected charges in the past.
According to the Court of Appeal, the municipal decision-makers had been able, within the limits of their discretion, to conclude that it was in the municipality’s interest to withdraw the request for an investigation, even though the decision benefited Palosaari personally.
As respondents There are eight former and current municipal decision-makers in Kittilä who will serve on the municipal government in 2013 and 2014.
A total of 28 municipal decision-makers were still charged in the Court of Appeal. The charges against all of them were dismissed in both the District Court and the Court of Appeal.
For most of them, the decision to release the Court of Appeal remains in force, as the KKO only examines part of the case.
Among other things, the acquittal of the fires granted to the former mayor of Mäkela in 2014 remained permanent. The Supreme Administrative Court ruled the firing illegal in the summer of 2016.
For the oral five days have been set aside for processing. April. The final statements will be issued by the KKO on May 4.
The KKO usually decides matters on the basis of written material. Oral proceedings are rare.
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