Viaduct, BHANSA, Growth Plan, appointments. A series of topics in the Council of Ministers of BiH, but no solutions. The dispute with Viaduct is not over despite the decision of the High Representative. The money for the debt payment is waiting in the bank account, and the ministers have agreed to pay the fee to the law firm. The finalization of the Reform Agenda for the Growth Plan should be completed next month. At the same time, the Council of Ministers is also counting the months with the vacant position of Minister of Security. Without a deadline or agreement.
Viaduct. A debt dispute, difficult and expensive. The High Representative intervened, found a solution. However, when there is money, there is no account for the payment.
“We must have an account to which it will be paid so that it does not happen that the state of BiH pays into some unknown account and then the same debt remains,” said Sevlid Hurtić, Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH.
And, it is also owed to the law firm for representing the state in the court process between Viaduct and BiH. The solution has been postponed.
“No consensus has been reached within the Council of Ministers due to differing views on the role of the High Representative in this matter. Essentially, no concrete decision has been made regarding the Viaduct yet,” said Edin Forto, Minister of Communications and Transport of BiH.
The Council of Ministers of BiH also owes reforms to the European Commission for the Growth Plan.
The non-compliance with the Reform Agenda cost as much as 108.5 million euros, by which Brussels reduced the amount of European money for BiH.
“The text of the Draft Reform Agenda has not yet been finalized because some ministries are waiting to finalize comments on it that came from various levels of government. The RS institutions have not responded to the invitation of some state ministries to express their opinions on the comments, 4 cantons of the FBiH have not responded to the invitation of one ministry, while no one has responded to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH. At this point, it is up to us, that is, to all ministries, to all levels of government, to see if they will be up to date so that we can have an agreed Draft Reform Agenda on August 11,” emphasized Borjana Krišto, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of BiH.
There is no deadline or agreement for the appointment of the Minister of Security of BiH.
The position was vacant at the beginning of the year when Nenad Nešić resigned from custody. The former minister has been released from custody, and there is no successor. The proposal of the two troikas has been waiting for months for the Chairwoman to initiate the procedure and propose Nebojša Vukanović as minister.
“I don’t even have a proposal for the appointment of a minister, nor can that be, it is a matter of the coalition agreement. I have said countless times for the support of the minister, me as chairman or anyone else, the proposal of the political parties is reached in accordance with the coalition agreement,” adds Krišto.
While Krišto denies the existing proposal, the public is speculating that the position is being kept and the way is open for former minister Nešić to return to the position.
“I don’t know where you got that from? I wouldn’t comment on that,” says Krišto.
“If there is a resolution in the ministry on dismissal and termination of employment, I don’t know how it can be returned without a new vote in Parliament. There may be some legal explanation, but I don’t see it at the moment until some new facts emerge,” added Forto.
It would be absurd, but also difficult to return Nenad Nešić to the head of the Ministry of Security. He cannot do so without the established procedure, and it requires support that is not available in the House of Representatives of BiH. And there is not much time to wait for the will of Speaker Krišto. The annual meeting is just around the corner, and after that, the election year is just around the corner.
“I think that by the time this hot summer passes, some appointments will have to start in September,” Hurtić points out, Federalna writes.
