House of Peoples of PSBiH today on the Report of the Joint Committee on Budget Harmonization

(Patria) - The House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH should, at an urgent session scheduled for today, consider the Report of the Joint Committee of both houses of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH on achieving an identical text of the Law on the Budget of Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and BiH's international obligations for 2020.

The House of Representatives of the state parliament adopted the report of the Joint Committee which harmonized the text of the Budget Law, which the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples had previously adopted with different amendments.

The Committee determined the text adopted by the House of Peoples. According to the harmonized text, the budget is in the form as it was submitted to the Presidency of BiH, as the authorized proposer, by the Council of Ministers of BiH.

The amendment adopted by the House of Representatives, which relates to securing funds to help resolve the migrant crisis, which has most affected the Una-Sana Canton, was not incorporated into the budget. Jasmin Emrić (A-SDA) requested 450,000 KM to help with the migrant crisis, but in the end, this amendment was not adopted.

Also, the representatives rejected the proposal of the Presidency of BiH in the part relating to the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH - Capital expenditures, where the proposed amount is reduced by 754,000 KM.

On the agenda of the House of Peoples session is also giving consent for the ratification of several agreements and contracts.