In accordance with the powers vested in me by Paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 13, 36 and 37 of the Final Award, dated March 5, 1999, of the Arbitral Tribunal for the Dispute over the Inter-Entity Boundary in Brcko Area (“the Brcko Tribunal”);
Noting in particular the powers of the Supervisor provided for in Paragraph 24 of the Supplemental Award of the Brcko Tribunal dated March 15, 1998, that paragraph reading in relevant part that “The Supervisor … shall enjoy in the Brcko area powers equivalent to those conferred upon the High Representative by the Bonn Conference of December 1997, including the power to remove from office any public official considered by the Supervisor to be inadequately cooperative with his efforts to achieve compliance with the Dayton Accords, to strengthen democratic institutions in the area, and to revitalize the local economy”; and noting Paragraph XI.2 of the Conclusions of the Bonn Peace Implementation Conference held on December 9 and 10, 1997, providing that the High Representative (and therefore, pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Supplemental Award, the Supervisor) may issue “binding decisions, as he judges necessary … [which] may include actions against persons holding public office”;
Noting further the powers of the Supervisor provided for in Paragraph 9 of the Annex to the Final Award of August 18, 1999, that paragraph reading in its relevant part that “For all subsequent District elections the electoral rules … established in the District Statute shall conform (to the extent deemed appropriate by the Supervisor) to the relevant laws and regulations governing elections, and the supervision of such subsequent elections shall be as determined by the Supervisor”;
With reference to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nos. 23/01,