Dunović: Will Minister Bunoza take us back to the times of fascistoid ideology and the 'philosophy' of the UZP?

(Patria) - In any normal country, it would be impossible for a person like Davor Bunoza, the Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to hold any important position, especially given such a degree of ignorance and lack of knowledge of the subject matter, which is evident in the minister.

This was stated on social networks by the Chairman of the Democratic Front (DF) Club in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milan Dunović.

"Reading his address to the Central Election Commission, in which he requests that he be provided with information on the 'nationality' of the appellant before the European Court of Human Rights, Mr. Slaven Kovačević, this address is incredible for at least two reasons.

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Minister of Justice Bunoza demands from the CEC that he be provided with data on the national affiliation of Slaven Kovačević

The Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Davor Bunoza (HDZ BiH), requested from the Central Election Commission that the Office of the Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina before the European Court of Human Rights be provided with all declarations on the national identity of Slaven Kovačević, within the framework of the case

Firstly, Minister Bunoza should, not must, know that any bylaw does not have the force of law, and therefore cannot take precedence over the law.

More precisely, the Decision of the Council of Ministers on the establishment of the office of agents of the Council of Ministers before the European Court of Human Rights is a bylaw or an act of lower legal force than the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, which has been in force since 2011.

This law protects the rights of individuals and their personal data, not the rights of institutions to access citizens' personal data as they see fit.

Furthermore, the application of the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data is not cumulative in nature, but the provisions are applied individually, exclusively in favor of the holder of the personal data.

That is why the Central Election Commission acted completely correctly in not providing the personal data of the appellant Slaven Kovačević without his explicit consent to that Office, which was established by a bylaw.

Secondly, it is incredible that the Minister of Justice is asking for the 'nationality' of the appellant, even though the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina mentions constituent peoples; if we look at the etymology of the word 'people', the Greek term 'ethnos' means 'people', so by analogy, the Constitution of this country treats ethnic affiliation, not nationality.

When the minister fills out visa forms for some countries, in the 'Nationality' field, which translated from English means 'citizenship', does he enter his ethnic rather than national affiliation?

What the Minister of Justice is requesting, besides having no basis, cannot have any impact on Kovačević's appeal before the European Court of Human Rights, because one's ethnic affiliation cannot be linked to active voting rights.

Does Minister Bunoza, with this senseless action, want to take us back to times marked by fascistoid ideology and the 'philosophy' of joint criminal enterprises?

I will note - back in December last year, I asked a parliamentary question about whether these alleged agents of the Council of Ministers are in active mandate, even though the appointment of all representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the exclusive constitutional competence of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I never received an answer!

Let the Minister of Justice, and especially the permanent 'fighters' for justice from the Troika, answer the question: how is it possible for one person to be appointed as acting officer seven times in a row, even though the relevant law prescribes a maximum of two appointments?

Almost a year has passed, there is no answer, and to make matters even more interesting, the same Council of Ministers appointed the latest composition of the Office of Agents in March, and one of them, for the seventh time as acting officer, which is a criminal offense.

With that appointment, they showed how much the rule of law actually exists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Besides the fact that the Minister of Justice's request to the Central Election Commission has no legal basis, such an act is an indicator of the policies that the current government offers us.

They classify us into pens based on ethnic affiliation, which is managed autocratically through a leader who has no democratic legitimacy, and whom they call 'legitimate representatives of constituent peoples'.

Where in this story did the famous 'pro-Bosnian' actor, the Minister of Human Rights Sevlid Hurić, disappear, who does not belong to the parliamentary majority because he does not have a single representative in any of the houses of the Parliamentary Assembly?

He is nowhere to be found when it is necessary to protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the appellant Kovačević. A particular question for Minister Hurić is what is the legal basis for paying salaries to the alleged agents, if their mandate has expired," Dunović stated in his post.