Zenica-Doboj Canton (ZDK) enabled the citizens of employees’ salaries in the Health Insurance Office by the Office of the Corruption Corruption Office, after more than a year and a half delay.
The office was still in February 2024. began to collect and publish the data on the employees and appointed in cantonal institutions, introducing all cantonal administrative bodies and institutions, covering about 10,000 employees receiving salary from the budget or outbuded fund.
Although there were resistance to data delivery, continuous office efforts resulted in their publication, which is the first round of the process of increasing transparency. One of the obstructive attempts is that the ZDK was the only one outside this system until a few days ago when the employee salaries began, and the salary of the director of Omer Škalje was expected to be enrolled.
The Secretary of the Corruption Office ZDK Dževad Fejzić said that their obligation was to work in the interest of citizens and that the work of cantonal bodies be completely transparent.
“By publishing the Health Insurance Institute in the Zenica-Doboj Canton in the Register of Employees and Appointments, but I essentially confirm our legality principles, but also eliminating the risks that can occur in certain processes. We believe this is an important step towards strengthening The integrity of the institution and the improvement of the entire system, especially because the office has been continuously reminiscent of this obligation in the last two years, “Fejzić said.
Although the Registry does not yet contain information for all appointed persons, including the Director of the Institute and the Board of Directors, this data is expected to be available to the public too, writes Clix.
The public will be able to monitor the composition of commissions that decide on the rights of citizens on health insurance, including the essential list of medicines, which has long been controversy.
The data publication is an important step in strengthening the responsibilities of institutions and transparency towards citizens, stand out from the anti-corruption office with a note that the data is available on this link.
