TI BiH Condemns Censorship of the Parliamentary Assembly

Banja Luka, 20^th April 2013. – This action taken by the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, to ban monitoring of their work to the civil society organizations, represents an extremely undemocratic act and direct censorship attempt.  The decision and explanation of the decision set the representatives at the Parliamentary Assembly above the citizens of BiH, and above the system of democratic monitoring of government, suffocating any attempt to criticize their (lack of) work.

Instead of solving the burning issues in this country and monitoring the work of executive bodies, the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH deal with censorship and suppression of democratic freedom, representing non-governmental organizations as enemies and traitors just because they indicate on their lack of work.

Transparency International BiH supports the Centers for Civic Initiatives in their efforts to bring closer the work of the institutions to the citizens of BiH and to indicate to which extent the representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly represent their interest.