The meeting of the Audit Committee

Date: 
16.10.2017 - 18:00

The Audit Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska held a session on October 16, 2017. The Committee's sitting was attended by Zoran Pologoš, Committee chairman, Marko Vidaković, deputy chairman; Željka Stojičić, Danijela Mrda, Admir Čavka, Slavko Gligorić and Milanko Mihajilica. The session was not attended by the members of the Committee Dušan Berić and Dragan Ristić. Adopting the agenda was preceded by a discussion involving Milanko Mihajilica, Marko Vidaković, Admir Čavka, Željka Stojičić and Zoran Pologoš. After the discussion, the agenda was adopted with three items.
1. Adopting the minutes of the twenty-third session;
2. a) Report of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing on the conducted financial audit of the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the users of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for the period 01.01-31.12.2016.
b) Annual Audit Report of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public sector Auditing for 2017;
3. Current issues.

Following the adoption of the minutes of the Twenty-third session of the Committee, the members of the Committee discussed the Report of the Public Sector Audit Service of the Republic of Srpska on the conducted financial audit of the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the users of the Budget of the Republic of Srpska for the period 01.01-31.12.2016. and the Annual Audit Report of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing for 2017. Deputies Milanko Mihajilica, Marko Vidakovic, Željka Stojičić, Admir Čavka, Zoran Pologoš and Slavko Gligorić took part in the discussion. The members of the Committee with majority of votes with five votes in favor (Marko Vidaković, Danijela Mrda Željka Stojičić Admir Čavka) and one vote against (Zoran Pologoš) took the view that the Auditing Report on the implemented financial audit of the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the users of the Republic of Srpska Budget for the period 01.01-31.12.2016. The Annual Audit Report of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing for 2017 is referred to in further parliamentary procedure.

In accordance with Article 48, paragraph 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska and Article 19, paragraph 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, Milanko Mihajlica had a separate opinion on the Committee's taken position, stating that he considered that several mistakes have been made in the past period, which led to the situation that Republic of Srpska does not have the Auditor General and the Deputy Auditor General, and that the procedure for the selection of the new management has not been initiated by the law. It challenges the pressure on the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing and its independence, for which resignations have been submitted, and the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska has been put into the situation that there is no authorized person to present the Reports of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing on the conducted financial audit of the Consolidated Annual Financial reports for the users of the Republic of Srpska budget for the period 01.01 - 31.12.2016. and the Annual Audit Report of the Supreme Office for the Republic of Srpska Public Sector Auditing for the year 2017. After the request for the discharge of the opinion, Mr. Mihajilica left the meeting.
Pursuant to Article 48, paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska" No. 31/11 and 34/14), the chairman of the Committee was appointed as rapporteur.