SARAJEVO, April 22 (Hina) - Candidates for command posts in the Bosnian armed forces nominated by the country's presidency did not pass check-ups and the local authorities are expected to nominate new candidates, Stabilisation Force
(SFOR) spokesman Dave Sullivan said in Sarajevo on Thursday.
SARAJEVO, April 22 (Hina) - Candidates for command posts in the Bosnian
armed forces nominated by the country's presidency did not pass
check-ups and the local authorities are expected to nominate new
candidates, Stabilisation Force (SFOR) spokesman Dave Sullivan said in
Sarajevo on Thursday.#L#
A significant number of candidates do not meet the set criteria and
some of them should not have been nominated at all, Sullivan said.
For the first time since the signing of the Dayton peace agreement
Bosnia-Herzegovina should get an armed forces headquarters at the
state level, as well as an operational command.
The state presidency decided that the twelve command posts in the new
structures should be filled by officers with the ranks of brigadier
and colonel to avoid debates about current generals who all played
prominent roles in the war.
Sullivan, who declined to reveal the names of the nominated officers,
said that all check-ups referred to the candidates' possible
connection with war crimes and other criminal activities as well as
possible involvement in political activities.
(Hina) rml