Collegium of House of Representatives violated parliamentary procedures

By introducing the Law on Conflict of Interest in Governmental Institutions of BiH (first reading) on the agenda of BiH Parliament House of Representatives and not disclosing its content or authorized proponent, the Members of the Collegium violated the procedure seriously and threatened to cause total legal uncertainty with immeasurable consequences.

Namely, the agenda that was submitted to the Representatives of BiH Parliament House of Representatives, under the item 5 mentioned discussion on the Law on Conflict of Interest in Governmental Institutions of BiH (first reading), without disclosing the date and the number of the protocol, which is a common practice in parliamentary procedure.

BiH Parliament House of Representatives Collegium committed a serious violation of parliamentary procedure by putting non-exiting act up for discussion , which is unprecedented in democratic practice.

Once again, these actions clearly demonstrate that certain political parties are capable of violating the legal norms in institutions of BiH in order to achieve their own interest- in this case the complete abolition of conflict of interest in BiH.

Therefore, TI BiH invites the Legislative Committee and all representatives of the House of representatives to prevent such illegal act committed by the Collegium, and to return the whole process of making legislation to the legal and transparent procedures prescribed by the Rules of Procedures. The Representatives of BiH Parliament House of Representatives should immediately stop the tyranny and arbitrary interpretation of the regulations of the Collegium members, who have lately taken upon themselves a role that does not belong to them and which is often contrary to the procedural regulations.

Otherwise, there is concern of complete legal anarchy that could lead to a situation in which the contents of laawa, will be known only after adoption, even to the lawmakers in the highest legislative body, because adaption of laws in this  way becomes totally non-transparent and prevents access to the process of their adoption.