08/12/2011 President
Strasbourg, 08.12.2011 - At the end of a three-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu today suggested a set of concrete measures to overcome the political stalemate and speed up reforms, on the eve of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 10th anniversary of membership in the Council of Europe in April 2012, and before the Assembly’s debate to be held in January 2012 during PACE’s plenary session.
“The first priority is to complete the appointment of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s representatives in Council of Europe expert and monitoring bodies and launch the process of selection of candidates for the judge to be elected to the European Court of Human Rights,” he underlined. “The Government, the Parliament and all political parties must continue working on improving the functioning of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s institutions in order to create the necessary institutional and legal conditions to move forward towards European integration,” the President said.
“Almost 15 months after the elections, the Council of Ministers has not yet been formed,” he pointed out. “Two years after the Sedjic and Finci judgement, there have been no serious and credible efforts to implement the judgement,” he added.
During his visit, Mr Çavuşoğlu met members of the Presidency, members of the Collegiums of both Chambers of Parliament, the leaders and high-level representatives of all key political parties, as well as representatives of the international and diplomatic community.