Candidate for Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Savo Minić said that one of the concrete goals of the future Government will be to confirm and strengthen the status of Republika Srpska in accordance with the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Constitution of BiH.
Minić stated that the Government will oppose the anti-Dayton actions of the unelected foreigner Christian Schmidt, the unconstitutional judiciary, and other institutions at the BiH level established without constitutional grounds.
“We will hold a referendum on the decisions of Christian Schmidt as an illegal and illegitimate high representative, the unconstitutional Court and Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, and the illegally elected BiH Central Election Commission,” Minić announced in his address to the deputies of the National Assembly of Srpska while presenting the program of the future Government.
The future Government also faces other concrete goals – to analyze and prepare the reorganization of the institutions of Republika Srpska, public enterprises and public administration; to review the role of Srpska’s judicial institutions in protecting constitutionality and legality in Republika Srpska and in BiH; to adopt measures for the implementation of the laws of Republika Srpska, especially those adopted in the previous period relating to Dayton competencies of Srpska.
Other goals include continuing cooperation and joint activities with the authorities of Serbia in line with the Declaration of the All-Serb Assembly held last year, implementing foreign policy activities in coordination with the President of Srpska and the Serb member of the BiH Presidency, and initiating institutional and economic transformation of Republika Srpska toward a self-sustaining, fiscally stable, and development-oriented community with strong reliance on domestic resources, markets, and human potential.
These tasks, according to Prime Minister-designate Minić, encompass seven directions of action:
- Short-term support for domestic consumption – stable public finances directed towards allowed fiscal relaxation; supporting demand through higher disposable household income; full support to the labor market via salary, pension, and social benefit increases within fiscal space and productivity levels; activating the internal money cycle – from budget to economy and back to accelerate financial flows. Minić recalled that salaries, pensions, and other budgetary allocations have grown continuously in the previous period and will continue to grow.
- Establishing an investment register and stronger support to the economy and private sector – creating a unified database of 12,000 business entities with an investment map and needs; defining a list of business barriers and requirements to shape reforms and incentives.
- Support for exporters – economic ambassadors of Srpska – creating a database of 3,000 current exporters with precise sectoral needs; providing administrative, infrastructural, and credit support; connecting them with demand countries through economic diplomacy.
- Activation of the workforce – programs for youth, women, and pensioners: “Start 20–25” for youth employment and entrepreneurship, “Active Women” for balanced work-family life, “Experience Counts” for pensioners who wish to remain active in the economy and society. “The potential exists,” emphasized Minić.
- Children’s savings and investment fund – from revenues and assets of public property monetization (dividends, concessions, state bonds), create a fund; each newborn or minor would receive a personalized account to grow until adulthood, university, or starting a business, linking new generations to personal and national economy. He also announced the creation of an Alimony Fund, modeled after Serbia, to help single parents.
- Legislative package for self-sustainability – adopt and implement: a law on strategic reserves, law on public property, law on capital market development, law on tax autonomy, and law on natural resources of Srpska. Additionally, urgent amendments are needed to: the construction law (due to slow and expensive permits), the law on employment mediation and unemployment rights, the law on seasonal work and temporary jobs, and the e-invoice law for invoice tracking and better analytics.
- Data management as a factor of economic growth – alongside labor and capital, productivity and data will be the foundation of long-term strategy; systemic databases must guide policy-making, direct investments, and strengthen economic security for citizens.
Source: RTRS
