FBIH GOVERNMENT: BILL APPROVED TO AMEND THE FBIH POLICE OFFICER LAW AND THE FBIH INTERNAL AFFAIRS LAW APPROVED

SARAJEVO, JULY 18 (ONASA) – At today’s session in Sarajevo, which was presided over by the Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Vojin Mijatović on the authority of the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina approved proposals for laws on amendments to the Law on Police Officers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Law on Internal Affairs of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Both bills will be referred to the parliamentary procedure under the urgent procedure.
As stated in the explanation, the Law on Police Officers of the FBiH establishes the conditions for termination of employment for a police officer. One of the conditions for termination of employment is when a police officer fulfills the conditions for acquiring the right to a pension. Given that the termination of employment of a police officer, which is established in Article 122, point 3 of the Law on Police Officers of the FBiH, is not harmonized with the provisions of the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance of the FBiH, it is necessary to amend this provision of the Law on Police Officers of the FBiH in order to exercise the rights of police officers, i.e. the exercise of rights and pension disability insurance could be exercised in accordance with the valid regulations governing that issue.
Article 122 point 3 is amended by the Bill adopted today, in such a way that the employment of a police officer ends when he reaches 65 years of age and at least 15 years of insurance experience, i.e. at least 20 years of pension experience or when he reaches 40 years of insurance experience, regardless of age , except for a police officer who is appointed as director of the police administration or deputy director of the police administration, and whose employment relationship ends with the expiration of the mandate in accordance with the Law on Internal Affairs of the FBiH.
When it comes to the Law on Internal Affairs of the FBiH, today’s amendments delete the provision that, at the time of the announcement of the public competition and the duration of the mandate, the candidate for director and deputy director of the Federal Police Administration does not meet the requirements for pension. This amendment simplified the conditions regarding the election of the director and deputy director of the Federal Police Administration. (end)