MOSTAR, Nov 20 (Hina) - As many as 49 of 108 pre-war municipalities inBosnia-Herzegovina are divided today by the line separating theCroat-Muslim and the Serb entity, which decreases the economicpotential of the new municipalities,
the president of the Croat-Muslimentity's Constitutional Court, Nedjo Milicevic, said at a two-dayround-table discussion on local government organised in Mostar onSaturday by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from Germany.
MOSTAR, Nov 20 (Hina) - As many as 49 of 108 pre-war municipalities
in Bosnia-Herzegovina are divided today by the line separating the Croat-Muslim
and the Serb entity, which decreases the economic potential of the new
municipalities, the president of the Croat-Muslim entity's Constitutional
Court, Nedjo Milicevic, said at a two-day round-table discussion on local
government organised in Mostar on Saturday by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
from Germany.Milicevic said that the Constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina lacked any
provisions on local government and warned about the danger of the northern
Brcko District becoming a separate entity. This district is the only
administrative unit in the country that covers the territory of both the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.
Apart from local government, prominent Bosnian and German experts in
constitutional and international law also discussed the country's constitution
as defined by the Dayton peace agreement, which organised the country into two
entities, a Croat-Muslim and a Serb one.
Legal experts from the Croat-Muslim entity advocated changes to the
constitution and the abolishment of the entities, while Bosnian Serb experts
opposed such proposals.