SARAJEVO, Aug 23 (Hina) - Corruption certainly exists in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the problem must be solved thoroughly, the president of Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation and the international mediator for Bosnia agreed in Sarajevo on
Monday. According to a statement from federal President Ivo Andric Luzanski's Office, Luzanski promised he would do everything in his power to urge the judiciary in the federation to launch a more intense and more efficient battle against corruption. Luzanski also announced fighting corruption was not in the jurisdiction of politicians, but judicial bodies of authority which, he said, must act completely independently. Commenting on a recent, controversial New York Times article on corruption in Bosnia, the international mediator for the country, Christian Schwartz-Schilling, pointed out the absence of clear relations within Bosnia greatly contributed to the distort
SARAJEVO, Aug 23 (Hina) - Corruption certainly exists in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and the problem must be solved thoroughly, the
president of Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation and the
international mediator for Bosnia agreed in Sarajevo on Monday.
According to a statement from federal President Ivo Andric
Luzanski's Office, Luzanski promised he would do everything in his
power to urge the judiciary in the federation to launch a more
intense and more efficient battle against corruption.
Luzanski also announced fighting corruption was not in the
jurisdiction of politicians, but judicial bodies of authority
which, he said, must act completely independently.
Commenting on a recent, controversial New York Times article on
corruption in Bosnia, the international mediator for the country,
Christian Schwartz-Schilling, pointed out the absence of clear
relations within Bosnia greatly contributed to the distorted
picture the international public has of Bosnia.
Luzanski and Schwartz-Schilling also discussed the difficulties of
Bosnian Croats in the municipality of Travnik, central Bosnia.
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