Central Bank in the Dock as Inquiry Seeks Accountability

Ljubljana, 16 January - Senior bankers were grilled by MPs Thursday as a parliamentary inquiry into bank sector problems took aim at the responsibility of the central bank for the capital shortfall that led to the multi-billion euro bailout in December.

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Goran Klemenčič, the outgoing boss of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Samo Nučič, former vice-governor of the central bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Samo Nučič, former vice-governor of the central bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Božo Jašovič, former vice-governor of the central bank and former CEO of NLB bank, testifies at a parliamentary commission inquiring into the causes of the bank sector problems.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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