Having completed a special session of the House of Peoples of the FBiH parliament in Sarajevo, 23rd session of the House continued at which the deputies adopted the Law on Internal Affairs of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for which the Interior Minister Predrag Kurteš said it meets the very demanding international standards and guarantees full and financial independence of the FBiH Police Administration, without the influence of politics.
“The law provides stronger oversight to the Parliament over the work of the FBiH Ministry of Internal Affairs and specifies the process of appointment and dismissal of the Director of the FBiH Police, protecting the position of the director against illegal dismissal,” says Kurteš.
The proposal of the text was preceded by a public debate and more than 90 percent of initiatives were incorporated into the law, including those from the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and HR Valentin Inzko urged to speed up the procedure of the adoption of this law.
“This institutional independence allows more efficient and more professional police work and serves as a useful obstacle against inappropriate political influence on the work of the police,” said in a letter to the Collegium of the House of Representatives HR Inzko.
Financial independence ensures that the provision of funds for operations within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior comes from the FBiH budget.
Kurteš stressed that the solutions offered by this regulation should be a model for the cantonal laws on internal affairs.
The text of the Draft Law on Internal Affairs of FBiH which has been adopted today has been fully harmonized with the OHR and EUSR.
(Source: Fena)
