PRINCIPI REHABILITACIJE USTAVNE POZICIJE GRADA SARAJEVA
PRINCIPLES OF REHABILITATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE CITY OF SARAJEVO

Author(s): Kasim Trnka
Subject(s): Politics, Constitutional Law, Governance, Public Finances
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: City of Sarajevo; constitutional principles; territorial coverage; democratic structure; competencies; financing;
Summary/Abstract: Today’s constitutional position of the City of Sarajevo is far from the requirements and needs it should have, not only as the State capital, but also as the most developed economic, educational, scientific and cultural center. In the 1970s, the City played such a role, but today, due to international and domestic circumstances, it is largely marginalized. In order to rehabilitate its constitutional position, it is necessary, after conducting multidisciplinary studies, to determine the principles of a new concept of the City that would include, in particular: natural territorial coverage; compliance with the European Charter of Local SelfGovernment; a democratic structure that includes direct election of the mayor and members of the City Council; precise delineation of competencies with the Canton and municipalities and stable sources of funding.

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