KONAKOVIĆ AFTER MEETING OF COALITION LEADERS: CONCEPT REPRESENTED FROM RS DOESN’T LEAD US ANYWHERE

SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 26 (ONASA) – Banjaluka is wonderful, but the headquarters of the Second Instance Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be in East Sarajevo, said NIP President Elemedin Konaković after a meeting of coalition leaders at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where a set of reform laws was discussed and on which no agreement was reached.
As expected, the biggest controversy among the partners was caused by the Law on the Courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“I think that even today the representatives will try to define the question of jurisdiction of that court, which is crucial for us, with Minister Bunoz. We believe that the location of the headquarters in Banja Luka is not practical, it is not pragmatic. Of course, that question has nothing to do with the city, a beautiful city that I love and which is undoubtedly important to us,” said Konaković.
Konaković reacted to Nenad Stevandić’s statement and said that Banjaluka is his, just like Sarajevo is Stevandić’s.
“It makes no sense, my people, for people to be transported, to leave, from Sarajevo to Banjaluka. Get the experts to tell you. We say East Sarajevo, it is part of Republika Srpska, BiH entity. Bosniaks don’t give stories to Serbs, there’s a prison there, SIPA is there,” underlined Konaković.
It will be crucial, says Konaković, if the partners can focus on what they agree on.
“I think that the EU, unlike Dodik, will be more concrete and that a large package of support would be significant for all the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I spoke in Slovenia with the representatives of Serbia, who say that this support package would raise Serbia’s GDP by 1.5%, imagine the impact it would have on us,” Konaković asked.
Konaković added that it is important to adopt the remaining few laws, so that even the “hardest” in the EU would not be able to say something against it.
“If we need to prioritize, the most important thing for us is participation in the huge support package, I emphasize the part that refers to access to the EU single market. It opens up an opportunity for domestic companies, and especially for investors,” said Konaković.