The Prime Minister of the FBIH Nermin Nikšić, together with his colleagues, received today in Sarajevo the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Ambassador Fletcher Burton.
Burton thanked the Prime Minister for the adoption of the law on premature favorable retirement of defenders of the war of liberation and expressed gratitude for his political courage in the fight to have this law adopted, and stated that he followed the process of the adoption of such a law.
The Prime Minister said that the people only now understand how the adoption of this law is important for the fiscal stability of BiH, because without it wages would be around 7.000 budget beneficiaries and payments of 380 thousand regular pensions would come into question.
Reducing the large difference between regular and favorable pension is, according to the opinion of the Prime Minister, with our without the IMF, something that has to be done. In this way, while respecting the promises given to representatives of international institutions, to build a credible FBiH government in fulfilling the commitments, and there has been significant experience acquired that can be applied in the preparation and adoption of legislation in the future.
“The law concerning early retirement of favorable defenders, created as a result of compromise, is not ideal, but it is a fairer solution than what we previously had’’, said the Prime Minister.
During the meeting, Burton inquired about the possible development in relation to the performance of the functions of the FBiH President Živko Budimir and the continuation of work of his cabinet, given the events of last weekend, and after which the Prime Minister spoke to him about the constitutional and legally possible solutions.
Burton spoke to the Prime Minister about the process of the reorganization of the entire OSCE, and in this framework would mark 20 years since the signing of the Dayton Agreement and consolidating its presence in the field.
He also said that the budgets of the head office in Vienna is much smaller, and had to be accessed by reducing the number of employees in Sarajevo and in the 14 field offices.
