The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Krišto, expressed her satisfaction with the adoption of five reform laws in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are particularly important for BiH’s further European path.
Krišto welcomed the adoption of the Draft Law on Freedom of Access to Information at the level of BiH, the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Ombudsman for Human Rights of BiH, the Draft Law on the High and Judicial Prosecutorial Council of BiH, the Draft Law on Wine and the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law about foreigners.
“The adopted laws, which were previously adopted and referred to the parliamentary procedure by the BiH Council of Ministers, are particularly important for the further European path of our country. This is a clear indicator of how our country is constantly working to fulfill the conditions for joining the EU. It also speaks of our commitment and dedication to the goals and European values on which the European Union rests,” said Kristo.
The draft law on the courts of BiH, the adoption of which was agreed at the political level, is currently being harmonized and is expected to be adopted by the Council of Ministers of BiH and sent to the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH very soon.
“All these reform laws bring our country one step closer to the European Union and are proof of our dedicated and accelerated work to meet the conditions for joining the European family,” Kristo pointed out.
She particularly emphasized the importance of opening the negotiation process as quickly as possible, and by the end of this year at the latest, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union, and today’s adoption of the law speaks in favor of the fact that the expectations are realistic.
In order to stabilize and strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kristo emphasized, it is important to proceed with limited changes to the Constitution of BiH and the entire electoral legislation in a way to ensure the real constitutional equality of all three constituent peoples as well as to eliminate discrimination against other citizens of BiH.
“For this reason, it is necessary to implement the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the legitimate representation of the constituent peoples at all administrative and political levels, as well as the implementation of all judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, which would round off a process that leads us closer to the EU,” she said, Fena reports.
