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High Representative's DecisionDecision removing Mr. Ramiz Dzaferovic from his position of Director of the Federation Tax Administration and member of the Governing Board of the Payment BureauSarajevo, July 27, 2000 |
Mr. Ramiz Dzaferovic
Dear Mr. Dzaferovic, For reasons outlined above in the attached decision, we herewith notify you that under the powers vested in the High Representative, you are removed from your office as Director of the Federation Tax Administration and member of the Governing Board of the Payment Bureau with immediate effect. In addition, in accordance with the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations, this decision bars you from holding public office and/or any position in public companies in the future. It is with great regret that we are forced to acknowledge that you have failed to ensure the highest standards of non-political professionalism, thereby undermining the objectives of the Brussels Peace Implementation Council and public confidence in your agency and in the economic reform process.
Yours sincerely,
Cc: Mr Edhem Bicakcic, Prime Minister
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 positions 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 acknowledgment of such powers by the Peace Implementation Council in Chapter X of the Annex to the Madrid Declaration of 16 December 1998; Acknowledging the Declaration of the Brussels Peace Implementation Council of 24 May 2000 by which "the Council urges the High Representative to use his authority in accordance with his mandate to ensure full and accelerated implementation in all sectors of civilian implementation, including removing obstacles that stand in the way of economic reform." 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 115 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 elections or hold any public elected or appointed office. I hereby issue the following
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Wolfgang Petritsch | Robert L. Barry |
High Representative | Chairman of the PEC |
OSCE Head of Mission |