Bosnia: Premier wants 3 ministers dismissed

Bosnian PM Nikola Špirić has demanded the dismissal of foreign minister Sven Alkalaj and two deputy ministers for violating the conflict of interest laws.

Izvor: AKI

Wednesday, 07.05.2008.

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Bosnian PM Nikola Spiric has demanded the dismissal of foreign minister Sven Alkalaj and two deputy ministers for violating the conflict of interest laws. Spiric said he was acting on the recommendation of the electoral commission. Bosnia: Premier wants 3 ministers dismissed The electoral commission ruled in April that Alkalaj should be banned from running for any public office in the next four years due to a conflict of interest. Alkalaj was reportedly found to be a member of the supervisory board of a public company. The commission applied the same decision to deputy minister for civilian affairs, Senad Sepic, and deputy defense minister Igor Crnatka. The pair reportedly had family members who were working in public firms. Alkalaj, Sepic and Crnatka immediately rejected Spiric's move to dismiss them and said they would appeal at Bosnia’s State Court. Spiric said the Bosnian parliament should have the final say over Alkalaj, Sepic and Crnatka's sacking. “If the parliament accepts the dismissal of the minister and two deputies, I expect the leading political parties to put forward new candidates,” Spiric said. Spiric’s decision has reportedly created new fissures in the already tense relations among Bosnia’s ruling parties. Spiric’s Party of Independent Social Democrats supports his move. However has been strenuously opposed by Alkalaj’s Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sepic’s Party of Democratic Action and Crnadak’s Party of Democratic Progress. But all three parties were reported to have said no one should be sacked without the three officials being given the right to appeal.

Bosnia: Premier wants 3 ministers dismissed

The electoral commission ruled in April that Alkalaj should be banned from running for any public office in the next four years due to a conflict of interest.

Alkalaj was reportedly found to be a member of the supervisory board of a public company.

The commission applied the same decision to deputy minister for civilian affairs, Senad Šepić, and deputy defense minister Igor Crnatka.

The pair reportedly had family members who were working in public firms.

Alkalaj, Šepić and Crnatka immediately rejected Špirić's move to dismiss them and said they would appeal at Bosnia’s State Court.

Špirić said the Bosnian parliament should have the final say over Alkalaj, Šepić and Crnatka's sacking.

“If the parliament accepts the dismissal of the minister and two deputies, I expect the leading political parties to put forward new candidates,” Špirić said.

Špirić’s decision has reportedly created new fissures in the already tense relations among Bosnia’s ruling parties.

Špirić’s Party of Independent Social Democrats supports his move. However has been strenuously opposed by Alkalaj’s Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šepić’s Party of Democratic Action and Crnadak’s Party of Democratic Progress.

But all three parties were reported to have said no one should be sacked without the three officials being given the right to appeal.

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