SARAJEVO, 19 Sept (Hina) - Official results of the 14 September elections could be expected next week after which the new Bosnian Presidency members would hold their first meeting, international peace mediator in Bosnia, Carl Bildt,
told a press conference in Sarajevo Thursday.
SARAJEVO, 19 Sept (Hina) - Official results of the 14 September
elections could be expected next week after which the new Bosnian
Presidency members would hold their first meeting, international
peace mediator in Bosnia, Carl Bildt, told a press conference in
Sarajevo Thursday. #L#
The meeting of the new Presidency should be held in the
Bosnian capital, but the exact location was still being considered,
Bildt said.
'The current bodies of authority in Bosnia-Herzegovina will
perform administrative duties until new state institutions are
established, but they will not be able to make political
decisions', Bildt said. As soon as the Presidency started
functioning, a council of ministers would be appointed and it would
have a president, five members and five deputy members.
The Bosnian Presidency would appoint a candidate to the post
of the new premier and his appointment and the appointment of
ministers who would be proposed by the premier would have to be
confirmed by the Bosnian Assembly House of Representatives.
The leading Muslim Party of Democratic Action (SDA) would have
19 seats in the House of Representatives, the Serb Democratic Party
(SDS) eight, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) seven, while the
remaining six seats would be allocated to different opposition
parties and alliances from the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and
Republika Srpska, Bildt said.
The new parliament, consisting of the House of Representatives
and the House of Peoples (15 representatives - five Serbs, Muslims
and Croats each), would have to adopt immediately several bills on
citizenship, immunity, economic policy, customs, budget and
Bosnia's debt.
Asked whether he believed that new authorities, especially the
Presidency, would really be able to function properly, Bildt said
that certain difficulties could be expected at the beginning,
adding he believed that in the long run they would perform their
duties successfully.
The international community had made a firm decision to stay
in Bosnia in the next two years, until the 1998 elections, Bildt
said.
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