‘In previous months, there was a reshuffling of the Government during which two ministers have been  changed and I would like to say that there will be five more new names in the Government that will be elected tomorrow. This means that almost half of the Government has changed’, stated  future Prime Minister Savo Minić at a press conference held today in Banja Luka.

The new Ministers are: Draga Mastilović (Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education), Radenko Bubić (Ministry of Economy and Entrepreneurship), Radan Ostojić (Ministry of Labor and Veterans' and Disabled People's Protection), Ned Puhovac (Ministry of Trade and Tourism) and Irena Ignjatović (Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports).

“Tomorrow we will present in details their biographies and the reasons why they were proposed. After the Government is formed, all ministries will prepare a work plan for the first 100 days, as was the case before. This is the highest level of transparency we can offer. I would like to thank all ministers who will not be part of the new Government for their fair and professional cooperation”, Minić said.

He stressed that this was, at the moment, the best way to preserve the institutions of Republic of  Srpska and further strengthen the work of the Government.

"From last Thursday, when we entered this process, until Monday, we will have a new Government of continuity, without any disruption in work. I believe that in a very short period of time we have managed to implement significant changes without turbulence and with a unified position within the ruling coalition," said Minić.

Minić said that election of the new Government, with five new names, represented the continuity of work and improvement of all segments of the Government's activities, given that many infrastructure projects are planned for this year.

"What I want to emphasize is continuity, or better to say the mandate that this political structure received in 2022. All activities that were carried out during that mandate were aimed exclusively at developing and improving all relevant parameters for Republic of Srpska. This is very important activity and political process that, perhaps unusual, but at the same time demonstrates political strength, stability and determination. It is difficult to find a single country in the region with a stable parliamentary majority that without a standstill in the work of the executive branch, managed to carry out the reconstruction of the Government twice in such a short period of time, without any problems", the Prime Minister underlined.

He added that it was intended to bring additional energy and strengthen activities in those segments that he believed needed to be intensified in the coming years.

"I believe that this is an extremely well-designed and timely political process in which we bring responsibility and control activities. All of this is exclusively in the interest of Republic of  Srpska and continued work and additional strengthening of the Government’s work", Prime Minister Minić concluded.