The House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, which is one of the priorities for the continuation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European path.
Of the 15 delegates present, 11 voted “for”, including all five delegates from Republika Srpska, one voted “against”, and two abstained.
Amendments were also adopted in an identical text to those in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly.
In the debate on the law, Bosniak delegate Dženan Đonlagić expressed his belief that those who will give an assessment in Brussels will conclude that the law is not in line with European standards when it comes to the processing of personal data, stating that the European standard is that the holder of personal data must give consent to the processing of personal data, except in the case of a court order.
“Personal data cannot be disclosed unless the data subject gives their consent,” Đonlagić emphasized, adding that he is confident that the competent European institutions will return this law for revision in order to bring it into line with European standards.
Šefik DŽaferović from the Bosniak Club said that the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the House of Peoples did not adopt his two amendments and that he would therefore not support the adoption of the law.
As part of the debate on the law on the protection of personal data, Serbian delegates Želimir Nešković and Nenad Vuković expressed dissatisfaction that their proposal to remove Nikola Špirić from the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples was not included in the agenda of the session, assessing that this was a violation of the Rules of Procedure.
“Today, the only conclusion is that a brutal violation of the Rules of Procedure has maintained this status, neither mathematics nor politics are behind this,” said Nešković.
Concluding the session, Speaker of the House of Peoples Dragan Čović said that this request would be put on the agenda of the next session, BHRT writes.
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