The President of Republika Srpska (RS), Milorad Dodik, pointed out that “no regulator for gas will be formed at the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) level and that there is no transfer of responsibilities because entities are responsible for energy issues”.
“Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency, Denis Becirovic, is behaving very presumptuously because he knows that the issue of the regulator for gas is not within the jurisdiction of the BiH Presidency, but he is trying to re-impose it as a topic”, wrote Dodik on Twitter.
Becirovic submitted a recommendation for the drafting and adoption of the BiH gas law in the procedure, in which he proposes the abolition of entity regulators and the establishment of a regulator for natural gas at the level of BiH.
After the member of the BiH Presidency, Denis Bećirović, submitted to the official procedure a recommendation for the drafting and adoption of the BiH Gas Law, the Chairperson of the BiH Presidency, Željka Cvijanović, stated that energy is under the jurisdiction of the entity.
“Accordingly, the Ministry of Energy, i.e. the Government of Republika Srpska, as well as the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, decide on these issues,” said Cvijanović to Srna news agency, commenting on the recommendation for the drafting and adoption of the gas law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was submitted to the procedure by the member of the BiH Presidency, Denis Bećirović.
Central to Bećirović’s proposal is the abolition of unconstitutional entity regulators and the establishment of a state regulator for the field of natural gas with adequate powers and instruments for their implementation.
