The House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed Marin Vukoja to the position of judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight, an hour and a half after midnight.
It was decided on the basis of 51 votes in favor, 38 against and no abstentions. With the election of Vukoja, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not filled, but it will no longer function on the edge of a quorum.
During the debate on the election of the judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the opposition argued the most because they believed that this kind of election process should not have been carried out since only one name from the ranking list was offered to the parliamentarian, the highest ranked, and that was Marin Vukoja.
The members of the opposition pointed out that the procedure was not carried out in a good way and that the whole procedure should have been repeated and waited for, among other things, the opinion of the Venice Commission.
Due to the objection that Vukoja was appointed to the post of judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the opposition announced that they would file an appeal to the Constitutional Court.
As part of the last agenda item “elections and appointments”, in addition to the appointment of Marin Vukoja as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, members of the working bodies of this chamber were also appointed, and proposals were approved to appoint certain officials to positions in several federal institutions. Thus, former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jelka Miličević was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of the FBiH Banking Agency.
Also, Dragan Mioković, representative of Our Party, was elected as the new chairman of the House of Representatives, and Mirjana Marinković-Lepić was relieved of her duties due to health reasons, Fena writes.
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