18.8 million marks, of citizens’ money, were paid to political parties last year. And so we have a state with money that has no budget. And no rush. Again because of politics and interest. The BiH Ministry of Finance has not yet sent this year’s budget proposal to the BiH Council of Ministers – and they do not know when. Therefore, those who are waiting for money do not know what to hope for. Among them is the Central Election Commission of BiH, which is running out of time to call elections. Questionable adoption, questionable and elections.
Session in two days, agenda not known. It will be determined shortly. Ministers were expected to finally consider the state budget for this year. Possible, but difficult.
“The Ministry of Finance and Treasury is preparing a Framework Budget Document (DB) for the period from 2022 to 2024 and a Draft Budget for 2022. Upon completion of both these documents, they will be sent to the BiH Council of Ministers for adoption, but we cannot specify the date until all procedures and technical corrections are underway, “said BiH Finance and Treasury Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda, Federalna writes.
And so for months. April is coming to an end, time is passing, the ministry is still in preparation. Slowly and without haste. Because if there is no budget, it follows a tried and tested matrix: temporary financing. Nothing new. The procedure is the same, only the reasons change.
“Temporary financing of state institutions and international obligations is part of a political approach to the temporary nature of the state of BiH, and in these times, I must emphasize how terrible it all is.” I am not sure that this is a matter of confusing priorities as much as I think it is the intention of certain political structures and options “, says Azra Hadziahmetovic, professor at the UNSA Faculty of Economics.
The stakes are much higher this year than the previous ones. Election financing and hidden intentions of politicians. Without the budget, there are no funds for the CEC of BiH. Their demands for a special decision revolve around. On the route Ministry of Finance, Council of Ministers – CEC.
“Some deaf phones worked, we simply correspond with our institution. It seems to me that it is more about not doing something than there is a real desire to do something, “said Ahmet Santic, a member of the CEC of BiH.
And so twenty days before the election. The BiH CEC hopes the BiH Council of Ministers could secure funds on Wednesday. If a solution is not found, there could be work for the state prosecutor’s office.
“I would not like to be in the place of someone who, by his actions and actions, prevents the exercise of the right to vote. Everyone knows their obligation, so I think that we will very soon meet the authorities in the Prosecutor’s Office, conduct interviews beforehand, to prejudge, so that we do not have an unpleasant outcome that would not suit anyone “, adds Santic
Neither appeals nor deadlines helped. It was written, then erased. The last one, according to the agreement of the College, expires in seven days. It is not a problem of time, but of will and responsibility.
“There is an agreement for the budget to be adopted, to be completed, prepared by the 25th of this month. That is a nice sign, so to speak, and if that happens, I think we will solve the problem of financing the upcoming elections, “said BiH Foreign Minister Bisera Turkovic.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH Zoran Tegeltija reminds: “You know that the budget for 2021 was adopted by the Council of Ministers, and not in the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples. Therefore, if you ask me, not much depends on me as an individual in the BiH Council of Ministers. As for the funds for the elections, there will be them – if, of course, there are elections. And the question arises – who needs elections at this moment? ”
Citizens should. Because it is our democratic, constitutionally guaranteed right. But no one asks us anything in a story about which elections do not suit politics. True, at the session of the House of Representatives of the state parliament, there is a point concerning the adoption of the budget. But not for this year, but for the previous year. The paradox in a state where nothing is weird anymore seems to never be enough.
