Enable a transparent privatization process in the FBiH

Banja Luka, 24. February 2015 — Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) sent a letter to the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry of the Federation of BiH with a call for cooperation in monitoring the announced privatization of 14 companies in FBiH.

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is at 152. gave its consent to the Privatization Plan and the Financial Plan of the Privatization Agency in FBiH for 2015. year, where the plan covers the privatization of 14 companies, and TI BiH plans to be involved in monitoring the privatization process of these companies, in order to enable transparency of the entire process.

Given the damage done so far by non-transparent privatization agreements and the fact that subsequent privatization audits have not yielded results, it is important to take this opportunity to involve the public and civil society in privatization monitoring and contribute to more transparent and successful privatization of companies of strategic importance. FBiH.

TI BiH also mentioned that the public interest is greater in that there have already been attempts at privatization for some companies, and that in the case of Bosnalijek, an investigation has been launched by the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH due to abuses in stock trading and other illegalities.

Due to all the above, TI BiH hopes that the FBiH Government and the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry will this time ensure transparency and conduct the privatization process respecting the public interest, and enable independent monitoring of privatization, in order to prevent abuses in previous cases. privatizations have caused irreparable damage to the BiH economy.
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