Dnevni avaz: The state institutions, 57 of them in total, have spent last year around 15 million KM on travel costs. According to information received in the Ministry of Finance of BiH, in the first ten months under the lot "travel costs" has been spent 12.303.923 KM, which means that more than 1.2 million KM is being spent per month.
So far, final figure for all 12 months of travels in the Ministry they still have not summed, but it is preliminarily being talked about mentioned 15 million KM.
More expensive and cheaper visits
The difference between the cabinet and joint costs of travels is in the character of the trip – if it is about the working visit which is being financed by the money of cabinet, or an official which has been arranged at the session of collective chief of country, which goes under the joint costs. The official visits are much more expensive than the working ones. In the first case, besides the member of the Presidency, one or two advisers are also traveling, and in the second one the delegation is extended for the advisers of the other two members of the Presidency and the employees from the protocol and Press-service.
Less than planned
In the Presidency of BiH, authorized for leading the foreign politics, has been confirmed that last year 826.455 KM has been spent for travels, out of which 68.918 KM relates to visiting the places in BiH. They praise themselves because that is by 77% less than planned, which has been exceeding the million KM.
The most costs have been made by the cabinet of Haris Silajdžić – almost a hundred thousands – 96.341 KM. After that, follows the cabinet of Željko Komšić with 89.621, while the cabinet of Nebojša Radmanović has spent 56.478 KM on travels. Secretariat as a whole has spent around 70.000 KM.
So far, those are all "small figures" – the biggest one is hidden under the lot "joint costs of the Presidency", where more than a half of million KM has been spent – 513.152 KM.
On the daily wages, 47.342 KM has been spent in BiH. The Silajdžić’s cabinet by that lot has collected 4.760, while the cabinets of Komšić and Radmanović have spent per about 12.000 KM, and the Secretariat almost 16.000 KM. The rest relates to joint costs.
Paid toll-roads as well
The figures are far bigger when speaking of daily wages abroad, on which the total of 123.341 KM has been spent. Out of that, the Komšić's cabinet has spent more than 30.000, while the cabinets of Silajdžić and Radmanović have collected 20.739, or 4.880, and the Secretariat 12.768.
So far, in the lot of joint costs for daily wages abroad almost 105.000 KM has been paid in. To the costs of transportation abroad almost a half of million KM has been spent – 453.618 KM, while on "other costs of travel" has been spent 12.607 KM, out of which almost 5.000 KM has been given for toll-roads.