Deputies requested an urgent session of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly due to the security situation, Okerić has not yet scheduled a Collegium

(Patria) - Although thirteen deputies in the Sarajevo Canton Assembly (SDA, DF, SBiH) submitted a request on February 1st for an urgent session on the topic of security in Sarajevo Canton, the Speaker of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly Elvedin Okerić (NIP) has not informed the members of the Assembly Collegium about holding a session to determine the date of the urgent session, given that according to the Rules of Procedure, the decision to determine the urgent nature of the Assembly session is made by the Assembly Collegium.

"We submitted a request for an urgent session. We have not yet received an invitation for the Collegium," said the head of the Party for BiH Club, Muamer Bandić, for Patria.

According to the Rules of Procedure, the session is convened by the Speaker, and if they are unable to do so, then by their deputies, and if they also refuse, then the session can be convened in writing by an authorized representative of at least 1/3 of the deputies, with the professional assistance of the Assembly secretary.

This request from 13 deputies, which is one-third of the deputies of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, followed the brutal murder of 19-year-old Faris Pendek last Sunday. Although the killer and his accomplices were arrested and remanded in custody for one month, the brutality of the crime raised numerous questions.

"Due to the continuously poor security situation in the Sarajevo Canton, which has recently taken on worrying forms and manifestations, with the commission of the most serious criminal offenses such as the brutal murder of our young fellow citizen Faris Pendek day after day, the deputies of SDA, DF, and SBiH are submitting a request for an urgent session on the topic of security in the Sarajevo Canton," the request states.

When it comes to an urgent session, i.e., circumstances of danger to public safety and the safety of citizens on a wider scale, natural disasters, major property damage, epidemics, and the like, the Speaker can convene a session on shorter notice than provided for in the Rules of Procedure.

After the murder of the 19-year-old Pendek and the revelation of the details of how the tragedy occurred, the question remains open as to how many people in Sarajevo are "previously known to the police" who will take someone's life tomorrow. Prosecutor Iva Kurilić stated at the custody hearing that they are drug users, and that one of the accomplices was under the influence of amphetamines at the time of his arrest, even though he is employed as a driver in a Sarajevo taxi company.

Citizens, as well as journalists, rightly wondered why no one was commenting the day after the murder. Minister of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Internal Affairs Admir Katica (NIP) came under public criticism as the first in the chain of responsibility in the Sarajevo Canton Government, as well as the Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton Nihad Uk, and the Police Commissioner Fatmir Hajdarević, as well as the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office.

An urgent session of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly will certainly open numerous questions about the work of the Sarajevo police, as well as the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office. We too often witness fatal traffic accidents, while the drivers are persons without a driving license, or under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In recent days, police presence on the streets of Sarajevo has increased, but the goal is for controls and surveillance to be continuous in order to increase the safety of citizens and numerous tourists who are also targets of robbers every day.