New Controversy in Luka Koper
The company said Klobas resigned on Wednesday, while Rems handed in his resignation on Thursday, a day before Gašpar Mišič is scheduled to take over from outgoing chairman Bojan Brank.
Klobas said in his resignation letter that he was stepping down due to "an avalanche of ungrounded criticism, imputation and speculations of politically-motivated and opportunistic staffing", the web page of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija reports.
He stressed in a separate press release that his decision was completely independent.
The chief supervisor played a decisive role in the 26 August appointment of Gašpar Mišič, who became CEO at the company that is nearly 70% state-owned despite strong protests from all parliamentary parties and PM Alenka Bratušek.
When he was called upon to explain his decision, Klobas seemed reluctant to say why he had supported Gašpar Mišič in the vote.
Reporting about Rems's resignation, the web page of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija said Gašpar Mišič asked Rems to draft a report on the company's contracts already last week - before he had the authority to do so.
The appointment of Gašpar Mišič raised a lot of dust and the government decided to take action. The SOD fund, the custodian of the state's stake in Luka, demanded an urgent shareholders meeting that would swap six supervisors in the nine-member board, including Klobas, in what could be the first step toward Gašpar Mišič's dismissal.