Even though laws were passed 15 years ago giving citizens the right to information from public institutions, actually getting that information has not happened.
Esed Radeljaš was head of the agency that allocates money for health care in Sarajevo Canton even though he’d been convicted of fraud and forgery.
Former legislators continue their careers in public administration managerial positions. They get new jobs most often after first collecting their full severance pay.
BiH taxpayers sponsored at least 460 officeholders with at least 7.3 million KM of severance pay in four years. Ten of those used severance pay twice.
The Federation has spent some 226,000 KM for accommodation allowances for 13 ministers. There is no system for verifying if the money is spent on accommodation and catching misuses of the perk.
Taxpayer money is spent so that public institutions can “win” meaningless international awards.
Water taxes collected in Tuzla Canton where the flooding is frequent are being spent on civil service salaries, public officials’ professional development, and long-service benefits.
May flooding did about 1.5 billion KM damage to BIH industry and businesses. While authorities have been collecting data on damages and planning restoration, firm owners with hundreds of employees have been paying for repairs on their own.
During the May flooding, rivers deposited heavy metals over agricultural plots, poisoning some fruits and vegetables. People whose gardens and yards were affected were never told what to do about the toxins.
Floods have destroyed four public health clinics and 34 satellite clinics in BiH. They are operating in bad conditions, and some patients are forced to undergo treatment in other places.
Overwhelmed, worried and uncertain what the future holds, many people who lost their homes to floods and landslides in May are living in collective centers waiting for concrete help.
BiH does not have a good foster care oversight system, which is why children are at the mercy of families who have taken them in.
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