Oslobođenje: The Government of the Republic of Srpska has yesterday deliberated the overview of measures for moderation of negative effects of the world economic crisis on the RS. This document, which contains around 100 measures, will be presented during this week to the Council for development of the RS, and offered for deliberation to the National Assembly of the RS.

– The system of measures encompasses all the segments of society and it has been based, besides others, on the reduction of public spending, and stimulation of public investments in the aim of increasing the number of work positions – has been explained by the Prime Minister of the RS, Milorad Dodik after the session of the Government in Banja Luka, by announcing the reduction and freezing of salaries in public institutions.

In the goal of saving, the Government of the RS will adopt the decision on prohibition of purchasing the vehicles and equipment in public institutions, reduction of personal parking and propose the changes of the Law on Public Procurements in the aim of stimulating the domestic companies. Dodik has said that it is necessary to de-block as soon as possible 42 million KM from the account of the Elektroprenos BiH in order to direct it to developmental projects.

By addressing the citizens that it is the time for saving and favoring of domestic production, he has said that last year from the RS has been gone 80 million KM for water procurement, 65 million KM for beer, and citizens have not even been saving on telephone calls towards the foreign countries, for which 60 million KM has been paid.