BH POLITICIANS MUST MOVE OUT OF FLATS OWNED BY REFUGEES - OHR

SARAJEVO, Oct 14 (Hina) - The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina (OHR) called on Bosnia-Herzegovina officials to demonstrate an example of how to support the return of refugees, by moving out of other peoples houses and apartments which they occupied. The OHR spokeswoman, Alexandra Stiglmayer said in Sarajevo on Thursday that all politicians should be the first on to move out of the apartments that belong to displaced persons and refugees by which they would show that they cared about the implementation of property laws. We are aware of the fact that during and after the war, a great number of politicians moved in other peoples apartments to improve their own housing situation, Stiglmayer said. If only a half of the complains we receive on daily basis from displaced persons who would like to return to their pre war homes were true, we can assume there are hundreds of such apartments, the OHR spokeswoman said. Sarajevo independent media pointed to member of the Bosnia- Herzegovina Presidency Alija Izetbegovic who occupied, along with his son, a luxury house, owned by Milanko Renovic, a long-term Bosnia-Herzegovia and Yugoslavia official during the socialist rule. (hina) it mm