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| Dnevni Avaz | Terzic wants two new Ministries |
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| Nezavisne Novine | Through changes in BiH to abolishment of OHR |
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| Balkans Political Club Int. conference commences in
| PINK by Aida Doric – The ninth two-day international conference of the Balkans Political Club, under title “BiH – Transit from |
| DL comment: Schwarz-Schilling is last HR, but we are not yet ready for difficult decisions
| Dnevni list pg 2 ‘Finish with misery in the Balkans’, mentioned on cover, by R. Dautefendic – Referring to the international conference which discussed also role of the IC in the BiH, DL comments that “the HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling is most probably the last High Representative and after him the OHR power will drastically change, but we are not yet ready to bring difficult decisions on our own. The last example of this is the police reform at the state level.” |
| HR Schwarz-Schilling: broader debate on const. reform after October elections, progress must be made in police, PBS and education reforms
| PINK – Speaking at the two-day conference held in Sarajevo organized by the Friedrich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Friedrich Naumann, and Heinrich Boll foundations on the constitutional discussions and challenges in BiH, the HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling said that the failure to adopt the constitutional amendments have sent bad signals to the EU and the US. He added that the broader debate on the issue should be organized after October elections. FTV, RTRS, BHT1 – Schwarz Schilling also emphasised that police reform, education reform and PBS reform are also at a stand still and reminded that these reforms are all conditions for further BiH progress towards EU. Oslobodjenje cover splash, pg 3 ‘Continuation of the reforms in BiH only after October elections’ – “Bosnian politicians totally underestimate effect this rejection [of the constitutional reform] would have abroad, even though BiH depends on this more than almost any other country in the world,” said HR noting that the after the constitutional reform, BiH politicians must gradually adopt individual laws. “In upcoming period, parliament and government on both entity and state levels must intensify their efforts to push forward the important legislation,” said the HR noting this includes police reform, PBS, the Higher Education Law, and the laws needed to consolidate the Single Economic Space. He drew particular attention to the urgent need for constructive progress on police reform noting that the RS Prime Minister Dodik assured the HR that he will uphold the three principles, and “this commitment must now be reflected in action.”Dnevni Avaz pg 4 ‘I expects Milorad Dodik to act’, mentioned on cover ‘Dodik must persuade me he is for police reform’, by T. Lazovic – also reported. |
| DA: CoM Chair advocates establishment of two new ministries in CoM, one to deal with agriculture
| Dnevni Avaz cover splash ‘Terzic wants to introduce two more Ministries’, pg 2 ‘We’ll introduce two more Ministries’ by S. Numanovic – In a statement to DA, the Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, assessed that even though the BiH parliamentarians rejected the constitutional amendments they are “not yet dead”, let alone the agreement reached between the party leaders: “There are elements those agreement which could and should be implemented by changing the laws/ the agreement clearly says that the Law on the CoM is to be changed and two new ministries introduced. We must have Agriculture Ministry and probably another one to deal with science and technology.” Terzic notes that he would do everything to ensure this change occurs soon, adding this is also an obligation of the state from the time when it established the BiH Defence Ministry to ensure equal representation of all three peoples. |
| EC’s Daviddi: Commission supports Terzic’s initiative, would provide funds for Agriculture Ministry;
| Dnevni Avaz pg 2 ‘European Commission supports Terzic’ by S.N. – The European Commission supports the initiative of the BiH CoM Chair Adnan Terzic to establish two new Ministries, especially when it comes to the ministry dealing with agriculture, and it has already established the fund to finance the preparations. Deputy Head of the EC in BiH, Renzo Daviddi, explains the EC reached an agreement with the BiH to set up the Agriculture Ministry employing 36 at the beginning, and eventually 60. “They would coordinate activities in implementation of the agriculture policy. Implementation would be in hands of entities,” adds Daviddi expressing hope that the new RS Government would also support this as the previous one did. Talking about the failure of the constitutional reform, Daviddi notes another problem: “In short-term sense, rejection of the amendments throws certain ‘dark spots’ at upcoming elections. I am not constitutional expert… but I think that the assessment of the British Ambassador [Mathew Rycroft who said that the election results could be disputed] is correct. It points to the problem that must be solved. Address for this problem would be the Constitutional Court of BiH which will practically have to contradict two regulations from the same constitution and find solution.” |
| Spokesperson for EU’s HR Solana: BiH’s negotiations with EU are on-going, but it made be clear we want to see progress especially in police and const. reforms
| Oslobodjenje pg 7 ‘Parallel between |
| NN int. with Croat Presidency member Jovic on position of Croats: “In this country, Croat is good only [two feet under] or in jail”
| Nezavisne novine pgs 8-9 “State with three peoples cannot be divided into two parts”, mentioned on cover, by Natasa Krsman – In two-pages long interview to NN, the BiH Presidency member Ivo Miro Jovic estimated that by rejecting the constitutional reform the BiH has missed the chance for progress: “As Croat, I was not satisfied with the proposed solutions, but two much of politics interfered and now we have nothing… This issue is to be continued, but I am not sure whether there will be will to continue in this way, and what would IC’s stance be and to what extent we have jeopardized negotiation part with the EU.” He further expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation: “One country has been divided between three peoples into two parts. I would love to know which formula guarantees equality? There is none. When [former HR] Wolfgang Petritsch made shameful changes in 2001 [note: Jovic refers to decision introducing rule in OSCE’s Election Law determining number of Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats in each entity Governments] he created the state divided between Serbs and Bosniaks… We can spend days claiming three peoples are constituent. But they are not. Croats do not decide on their money, destiny, language, culture, education…” Jovic claims there is a possibility [noting he fears it] that the Croat member of the BiH Presidency would not be elected by Croats, and explained: “Certain number of nationalist parties included Croats in their lines and they can candidate them. Who would vote for them? This is something we must discuss with other two peoples to preventing this form happening.” He further argued that the fact there are 18 parties with Croat prefix makes things worse, to which he was asked by NN weren’t then Croats responsible for lack of equality Jovic demands. He answered the Dayton Agreement was to be blamed. He harshly criticised the ICTY for failure to punish crimes committed against Croats, and called tribunal “a political court”: “Nobody here neither talks nor writes about suffering of Croats.” Jovic also demands the PBS system to include Croat channel and says all those stating this was not the EU standard “are lying”: “It is shocking for my child to hear what this public media [i.e. presumably FTV] says, and it wants me to pay for it… I don’t pay [RTV tax.]… We’ll see what the |
| Oslobodjenje op-ed on reforms: “It cannot be worse than this” | Oslobodjenje pg 9 ‘Backward, than forward’ op-ed by Senka Kurtovic – Referring to the statement by the RS National Assembly Speaker Igor Radojicic who said that the way out of the dead-end in the police reform is to turn back and find new way, Kurtovic notes this was probably one of the most ridiculous statements given recently. She further outlines the history of the negotiation on the police reforms – starting from discussions at the party’s levels – stressing that all difficulties and halts came from the RS representatives. Using Radojicic as an example, author suggests the elections are to be wasting money, but concluding: “It cannot be worse than this.” |
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| Media: Intensive search after Mladic continues in
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| BiH Defence Minister denies Mladic is support by BiH Armed Forces troops
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| Russian releases ICTY suspect Zelenovic from prison, puts him in home arrest
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| Hayat int with new
| Hayat by Senad Hadzifejzovic – In a interview to Hayat, newly appointed |
| DA op-ed on Friday’s war crimes arrest in Visegrad: How war crimes suspect can be active police officer?! | Dnevni Avaz pg 3 ‘Who did not know about Zeljko Lelek?’ op-ed by Almasa Hadzic – Referring to Friday’s arrest of active policeman from Visegrad, Zeljko Lelek, under suspicion he committed war crimes, author notes who let this “criminal” to be in active service for 11 years. This, says Hadzic, is a question nobody dealt with, and concluding that this arrestee is an example of those who still provide a shield for Mladic and Karadzic. She concludes suggesting that men like these for years have been “right arm” to all those “Andans” [i.e. ex Police Director Dragomir Andan, who was often speculated to be close to some ICTY suspects] suggesting the corruption in the system. |