President Čubrilović and the Chief of the OSCE Mission to BiH Kathleen Kavalec signed the Memorandum of understanding between the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska and OSCE Mission to BiH

Date: 
15.10.2019 - 14:15

The President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska and Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec, the Chief of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe signed today the Memorandum of understanding between the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska and the OSCE Mission to BiH.

The Memorandum formalizes the agreement on “The project for democratic managing” whose realization begins today and will last until year 2022, with OSCE financial support.

The Project is focused on the strengthening the communication between the National Assembly and the citizens and public and their involvement in making decisions, increasing efficiency and transparency of law making processes and enacting laws strengthening the efficiency of working bodies, the Services of the National Assembly and bring its work to a higher level, the cooperation of the National Assembly with BiH parliaments, the parliaments in the region and the EU countries. In order to increase dialogue and the law making process.

The President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska Nedelhjko Cubrilovic on the meeting with the Head of OSCE Mission to BiH thanked the OSCE on cooperation and support for increasing the work and capacities of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, emphasizing that that the aim of the Memorandum is concreting and intensifying the cooperation.

The meeting was also about political situation in the Republic of Srpska and BiH. It was stressed that it is necessary to constitute the Council of Ministers and to respect the election results.

 President Cubrilovic stressed that failure to form the joint institutions on BiH level, in accordance with the law, is the roughly abolishing of the citizens will and the violation of the basic democratic principles.

Secretary General of the National Assembly also attended the meeting and Dmitry Iordanidi Chief of the OSCE Field Office in Banja Luka.