PARLIAMENT'S CONSTITUENT SESSION ON MONDAY

BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 9 /SRNA/ – The constituent session of the Republika Srpska National Assembly will be held on Monday, November 16, Republika Srpska Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandić has said in Banja Luka this evening following a meeting with representatives of parliamentary parties.

The session is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. in Banja Luka.

Stevandić added that everything had been agreed upon and that Republika Srpska would be the first to have its government constituted.

SNSD leader Milorad Dodik said that the ruling coalition remained stable and would be strengthened by a number of additional MPs.

He stressed that a period of stability is being entered and that, with the constitution of the National Assembly, followed immediately by the formation of the Government, Republika Srpska would establish its government faster than other levels of government in BiH.

Dodik said that, during the constituent session of the Parliament, the Serb BiH Presidency member Željka Cvijanović and the newly elected President of Republika Srpska, Savo Minić, would take their oaths of office. Following this, Minić would be able to nominate a candidate for Prime Minister designate whenever he is ready.

The meeting in Banja Luka this evening was attended by the leaders of SNSD Milorad Dodik, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska leader Goran Selak, People's Party of Republika Srpska Darko Banjac, Socialist Party Petar Đokić, and For Justice and Order List Nebojša Vukanović.

Representatives of the SDS Ognjen Bodiroga; the Safe Srpska Movement, Slaviša Marković; United Srpska, Milan Petković; the Republika Srpska branch of the PDP, Živko Praštalo; and representatives of the Coalition for the State also attended.

The meeting was also attended by Republika Srpska National Assembly Speaker Nenad Stevandić, who convened it pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.