Dunović did not give consent to Šupljeglav and Čengić for membership in FERK

Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milan Dunović fulfilled his promise to control the adoption of all decisions of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina within his constitutional powers, as well as to insist that all legal provisions be strictly respected when adopting new decisions, appointments, and the like, announced from Dunović's cabinet, reports the Bosnian news agency Patria.

Given that the Commission, formed by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the purpose of appointing members of the Federal Regulatory Commission for Energy (FERK), as well as the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina itself, made certain legal omissions when proposing Predrag Šupljeglav as a member of the commission from the Serbian people, Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milan Dunović did not give consent for his appointment.

Namely, candidate Predrag Šupljeglav does not meet the special legal conditions for appointment because he does not have many years of professional experience in the energy sector.

Article 28 of the Law on Electricity in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina clearly defines that members of the Regulatory Commission cannot be members of any political party, nor can they actively engage in political activities, which the Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will also take into account when giving his consent to the appointment.

Such an omission was made with candidate Enes Čengić, who is a member of the Main Board of the SDA. However, candidate Čengić meets all other general and special legal conditions, and his appointment is possible, but only after submitting evidence that he is no longer politically active.

For the candidate from the Croatian people, a public competition was not even announced, and appointment without a competition procedure, which is prescribed by Article 24 of the Law on Electricity of the FBiH, is not possible. In that case as well, the Government decided to act in a way to appoint the current acting member of FERK as a full member without a competition.

We believe that a new competition procedure should be conducted for the candidate from the Croatian people, given that the last one was conducted in 2012.

It is evident that the Government of the FBiH made several omissions immediately when proposing candidates for the appointment of FERK members, giving priority to candidates who do not meet all necessary legal conditions, and once again showed that it does not perform its part of the job in accordance with laws and regulations.

The Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to take care of these and similar conditions that every candidate for FERK member must meet, in order to prevent illegal actions by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be guided by the same principles of legality and transparency in all future appointments.