Friday the 13th: A lucky day for the new Sarajevo Canton Government

The designate for the BiH Council of Ministers, Denis Zvizdić, said today that the Sarajevo Canton Government could be appointed by the end of next week, writes the BiH news agency Patria.

- The Prime Minister and the entire composition of the government are appointed at the same session of the Assembly. The Prime Minister presents the exposé and the entire composition of the government is voted on. I think the Sarajevo Canton Government will be appointed no later than the end of next week – Zvizdić said.

Sejo Bukva, the Speaker of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, told the Patria agency that he will schedule a session of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly as soon as he receives the names of all ministers.

- We will schedule the session as soon as possible, it will be an expedited procedure, because the budget needs to be adopted – Bukva said.

Who are the new ministers?

In the past few days, there have been speculations about the names of ministers in the Sarajevo Canton Government. Ministers from SDA should take over the Ministry of Finance (Jasmin Halebić), the Ministry of Transport (Mujo Fišo), the Ministry of Education (Elvir Kazazović), the Ministry of Economy (Muharem Šabić), the Ministry of Communal Economy (Senad Hasanspahić), and the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection (Čedomir Lukić).

Democratic Front should take over the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Predrag Kurteš), the Ministry of Health (Milan Mandilović), the Ministry of Culture and Sports (Dario Vučić), the Ministry of Social Policy (Emira Tanović-Mikulec), and the Ministry of Justice (Enver Smajkan).

The Minister for Veterans' Affairs of Sarajevo Canton should remain the current minister Faid Hećo from BPS.