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To: | Ms. Marina Deronjic
Head of the Housing Department
Mostar Municipality South West |
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Sarajevo, November 29, 1999
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Dear Ms. Marina Deronjic,
For reasons outlined in the attached Decision, we herewith notify you of the
following: under the powers vested in the High Representative, you are
removed from public office with immediate effect. In addition, in accordance
with the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations, this
Decision bars you from being a candidate in the upcoming municipal
elections.
It is with great regret that we are forced to acknowledge that during your
term in office not only have you failed to show any commitment to the
implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace, but you have
also seriously and persistently obstructed its implementation.
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Wolfgang Petritsch | Robert L. Barry |
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High Representative | Chairman of the PEC |
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In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article 5
of the Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative 'is the final
authority in the theater regarding interpretation of [the] Agreement on the
civilian implementation of the peace agreement';
Endorsing the interpretation of these powers given in paragraph XI, 2 of the
Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 10
December 1997, in particular, sub-paragraph c thereof, by means of which the
High Representative is entitled to take actions against persons holding
public office who are found by the High Representative to be in violation of
legal commitments made under the Peace Agreement or the terms of its
implementation;
Noting the reiteration of the acknowledgement of such powers by the Peace
Implementation Council in Chapter X of the Annex to the Madrid Declaration
of 16 December 1998;
Considering the mandate entrusted with the Provisional Election Commission
under Article III of the Annex 3 to the General Framework Agreement for
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article 7.10 of the Rules and
Regulations adopted thereafter which provides that no person who has been
removed by the High Representative shall be permitted to be a candidate in
the elections.
We hereby issue the following
Decision
To remove Ms. Marina Deronjic from her position of Head of the Housing
Department in Municipality Mostar South West and to ban her from being a
candidate for the next municipal elections or to hold any executive office
at any level, unless authorised to do so.
This Decision has immediate effect.
Reasons for removal
Ms. Marina Deronjic has abused her power by persistently and seriously
obstructing the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace.
By pursuing an extra-legal agenda, she has consistently refused to take
ownership of the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In particular Ms. Marina Deronjic, in her capacity of Head of Housing
Department in Municipality Mostar South West, has personally obstructed the
implementation of the laws and the methods used to process property claims.
Attempts to hinder progress in property law implementation include but are
not limited to:
- Violation of the laws when dealing with property claims and the
referral to reasons that are not legally valid to justify the lack of
decisions and eviction notices in a number of specific cases.
- Rejection of the Decisions issued by the High Representative in July
1999 to amend the property laws.
- Deliberate misinformation of claimants about their rights and denial
of the Housing Department's responsibility to address claims.
- Lack of reinstatements concerning Post Dayton Eviction cases. Only
a limited number of positive decisions have been issued so far and no
decisions have been enforced.
All of the above establishes a disturbing and unacceptable pattern of
deliberate attempts to obstruct the implementation of the General Framework
Agreement for Peace. For these reasons, we hereby remove Ms. Marina Deronjic
from the position of Head of Housing Department in Mostar Municipality South
West. The Decision will be effective immediately and will not require any
further procedural steps.
The position left vacant by Ms. Marina Deronjic's removal will be filled in
accordance with the appropriate regulations. In order to protect the
institution to which a replacement is to be appointed, no further actions
are to be taken by the relevant authorities until OHR and OSCE communicate
that there are no objections and that the proposed name can proceed further
through the appropriate process.
Sarajevo, 29 November 1999
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Wolfgang Petritsch | Robert L. Barry |
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High Representative | Chairman of the PEC |
| | OSCE Head of Mission |
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