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Tegeltija committed to rule of law and accelerating the EU path

FENA Hana Imamović

SARAJEVO, December 5 (FENA) - Prime minister-designate for the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zoran Tegeltija, presented his work program today to the members of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, emphasizing that he is committed to forming a government as soon as possible, whose task will be implementing reforms aimed at addressing citizens' daily issues.

He announced that he will respect the rule of law, provisions of the Constitution of BiH as well as competencies of all levels of government in BiH, adding that he is aware of the task ahead of him, and emphasized that it is now necessary to work as much as possible since it has been more than a year since elections were held.

Tegeltija addressed the deputies today at a session at which his appointment should be confirmed after the the Committee for preparing the appointment of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina endorsed his nomination and made a recommendation to confirm the appointment of Tegeltija as Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers.

He said that he would contribute to accelerating the reform process, but also made clear that his program was not the work program of the Council of Ministers, but rather guidelines on which his actions in the mandate before him would be based.

“We do not have the right to 100 days, so it is necessary to immediately unblock processes, adopt a budget and make investment funds available to the entities,” added Tegeltija, also announcing that the first session of the Council of Ministers will discuss socio-economic reforms supported in both BiH entities.

Among the priorities that will be the focus, he highlighted the implementation of 14 key recommendations from the European Commission’s Opinion, in order for BiH to get candidate status for EU membership as soon as possible.

He pointed out that the BiH Council of Ministers will focus on the social and security challenges faced by citizens who, so far, have not had an adequate response.

He therefore said that the focus of his work would be economy, public administration reform, EU integration, the rule of law, improving relations within BiH and those with international financial institutions, migrant crisis, refugees, youth and women as well as other vulnerable categories of society.

He stressed that the level of investment in BiH is low and that private sector faces difficulties in remaining competitive, and the fact that there is no progress in the field of research and innovation is worrying.

He believes that it is necessary to increase competitiveness of the economy, to protect the domestic economy. Tegeltija also concluded that he is ready to implement reforms harmonized with both entities that will have sustainable and accelerated economic growth, reducing the tax burden on labor in order to strengthen the single economic development.

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