OHR BiH TV News Summary, 26 April 2000

News Headlines

  • BiH Presidency appoints Tihomir Gligoric BiH Council of Ministers Chairman
  • Jelavic informs BiH Presidency of meeting with Mesic
  • Johnson meets with Radisic
  • Review of Gligoric’s professional career
  • BiH Federation Privatization Agency announces changes Regulation on privatization process in BiH
  • Representatives of Independent Syndicate of Zenica-Doboj Canton announce hunger strike due to catastrophic living situation
  • RS National Assembly discontinues session late Tuesday night after adopting three of twenty-six agenda items
  • BiH Federation Parliament discusses difficult agricultural situation in BiH
  • Representatives of SDP Tuzla request replacement of Tuzla Canton Governor, but after vote of Tuzla Canton Assembly, Tarik Arapcic remained at position
  • OSCE BiH starts implementation of election results, all elected candidates must submit property status to PEC
  • Petritsch meets with representatives of Tuzla Canton authorities to discuss most urgent tasks for near future
  • Petritsch meets with RS Minister for Refugees and DPs, President of RS Helsinki Board and representatives of local authorities in Bijeljina to discuss return process
  • EU to provide 270 million Euro to support return process to western Balkans
  • World news
  • World Bank to finance project of Mostar water supply system after establishment of Joint Administrative Board of water supply company
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • BiH Federation House of Representatives holds session on economic conditions
  • Interview with Safet Bico
  • Second Brcko District Assembly session interrupted
  • BiH Federation Police Academy promotes third generation of officers
  • Lazovic promises SDP authority will not be conceited
  • Miller meets with Silajdzic to discuss current political issues

News Summary

Johnson meets with Radisic

Before a session of the BiH Presidency, Zivko Radisic met with Deputy High Representative Ralph Johnson to discuss options for the appointment of candidates for BiH Council of Ministers Chairman. Johnson said that it was important that Radisic nominate highly qualified candidates, capable of improving the work of joint institutions.

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Interview with Safet Bico

In an interview for TV BiH, CD Coalition Caucus President in the RS National Assembly Safet Bico commented on the election of a second RS National Assembly Vice-president. “We have insisted for over a year that a CD Coalition member, a Bosniak, be appointed second RS National Assembly Vice-president” he stated. “The High Representative agreed with that, but it has not yet been realized. At the most recent RS National Assembly session, the Speaker (Djokic) promised that he would not discontinue the session until a second Vice-president was elected. However, that did not happen, proving that there is obviously no political will for that. Aside from the occasional group of delegates, there is unfortunately no political will to elect a Bosniak as the second Vice-president, which tells us that democratization in the RS is far away from democracy and that Dayton Agreement implementation is far from what the International Community demands.”

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