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	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Ashdown fires Bosnia's Croat president Covic
		Covic clinging to office "cannot be allowed to impede the country's future," Ashdown said.
		Covic, who was due to take over the rotating chairmanship of the presidency in June, had no choice but to accept Ashdown's decision, which he called 'unconstitutional'.
		Covic is the third Bosnia presidency member to be sacked or forced to leave under international pressure since the Office of the High Representative was set up to oversee implementation of the Dayton peace accords after the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050329-1108-bosnia-presidency-dismissal.html (478 words)

	Dragan Čović - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dragan Čović was a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the nation's Croat population.
		He was elected in October 2002 to serve a four-year term.
		Dragan Čović was dismissed by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown after Čović was indicted for financial corruption, before the trial took place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dragan_Covic (132 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Bosnian Croat president sacked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic has remained defiant and refused to step down, saying he had a duty to his voters to serve out his mandate and would not bow to the international community’s decision.
		Covic said his suspension was a violation of the institution of the Bosnian presidency.
		Covic is the third member of Bosnia's presidency to be sacked or forced to leave under international pressure since the Office of the High Representative was set up after the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /securitywatch/details_print.cfm?id=11014 (572 words)

	Croatian World Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ashdown said Covic could continue to be active in his party and could even return to the executive authority if he proved his innocence in court.
		Covic, Tadic, four Ivankovic-Lijanovic brothers and university professor Zdravko Lucic are expected to appear before the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina to enter pleas.
		Covic said the decision to replace him was illegal and against the Constitution, but did not say if he would refuse to comply with it.
	www.crowc.org /english/news/print.asp?id=3148 (566 words)

	TruthNews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ashdown argued that "anyone who is indicted for criminal offences, while holding high executive authority, [must] stand down from their post in order to defend themselves as a private citizen, so as not to damage the public office they hold," his website reported (see htttp://www.ohr.int).
		In recent weeks, Covic was supported in his determination to remain in office not only by his own Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) but also by Boris Paravac, who is Covic's Serbian colleague on the Presidency.
		Covic has argued in his own defense that the corruption charges against him are part of an unspecified campaign to "put pressure on the Croats of Bosnia-Herzegovina." He was due to assume the chair of the Presidency in June.
	www.truthnews.net /month/2005030057.htm (850 words)

	News @ Serbian Unity Congress \| Top international administrator sacks one of Bosnia's three presidents after corruption ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic was not a bad president but the removal is "about the rule of law," Ashdown said.
		Although Covic is entitled to presumption of innocence, "his remaining in power would impede the future of this country," Ashdown said.
		Covic was to due to appear in front of the State Court on Thursday and enter his plea.
	news.suc.org /bydate/2005/March_30/32.html (510 words)

	Bosnia's Presidency Croat Member Charged for Corruption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic was indicted along with six other people, including constitutional court head Mato Tadic and four owners of the Lijanovic company, Bosnia's state court prosecutor for organized crime said in a statement.
		Covic was accused for abuse of power in 2000, when he was finance minister of the Muslim-Croat Federation which along with the Serbs' Republika Srpska makes up Bosnia following the 1992-95 war.
		Covic was elected member of Bosnia's presidency in October 2002 for a four-year term.
	www.slobodan-milosevic.org /news/afp030205.htm (309 words)

	Dragan Covic - Member of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Dragan Covic became a member of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) tripartite presidency on 28 October 2002, following general elections in the country on 5 October 2002.
		Covic was born on 20 August 1956 in Mostar.
		From 1998 to 2001 Covic served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the country's Muslim-Croat entity, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later as a part-time lecturer at the machine engineering department in Mostar.
	www.setimes.com /cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bios/covic_dragan (217 words)

	FENA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		BiH Presidency on Tuesday considered the situation regarding the indictment against Dragan Covic, and after a discussion reached a unanimous conclusion that it does not wish and cannot discuss the indictment.
		The Presidency deems that the matter of further working of Presidency member Dragan Covic in this institution is a matter of respecting the laws of BiH and Covic’s personal stand, as well as the stand of the Party that nominated him for the Presidency.
		Dragan Covic will hold a press conference on Wednesday at the BiH Presidency building and present the details from the indictment, as well as his personal stand why he does not wish to resign.
	www.fena.ba /uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA240520&rubrika=ES (486 words)

	Al Qaeda links pose threat in Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic, who was elected in October and shares power with representatives of the country's Serbian and Muslim populations.
		Covic, 47, was in Washington for a two-day trip, in which he met with aids on Capitol Hill.
		Covic, who is vice president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), a party that enjoys the strong support of ethnic Croats.
	www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/mar03/hed5570.shtml (643 words)

	Main News Summary
		COMSFOR visited the Croat member of the BiH Presidency, Dragan Covic, on 13 February and told him that the international community saw Covic's decision to postpone the removal of those officers as useless on the path of BiH towards the Partnership for Peace Program.
		Covic and once again pointed out the importance of resolving this issue, and he made suggestions how the problem should be resolved.
		Member of the SDS Presidency, Dragan Kalinic, told the FTV that the another two candidates for the post are Savo Sokanovic, member of the BiH Standing Committee on Military Matters, and Slobodan Radulj.
	www.nato.int /sfor/media/2004/ms040225t.htm (2019 words)

	PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENCY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic replied that the federation and the Republika Srpska were mutually interdependent, stressing that one could not exist without the other. The separation was a compromise reached as a result of the war, he said.
		Covic stressed that the Presidency's priorities were to create a strong government and judiciary, as well as to carry out economic reform. The country would be a force for stability in the region, as its standards were modernized to the level of Europe and the wider world.
		Covic reaffirmed the complexity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, saying that that all three ethnic groups had learned that no single nationality could force its own view on another and that none was trying to do that. Returning to the question of the Republika Srpska, he said: "Until the Government finds a better structure.”
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2002/brf12dec.bosherz.doc.htm (458 words)

	News @ Serbian Unity Congress \| Prosecutor raises corruption charges against member of Bosnia's presidency, Associated ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dragan Covic, the Bosnian Croat member of the country's three-member presidency, is accused of misusing his former position as finance minister to give a meat production company special import benefits in 2000, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
		During an investigation in 2003 into the decision, the prosecutor's office said, Covic allegedly bribed the head of the Constitutional Court, Mato Tadic, who "illegally influenced" the court on the inquiry.
		Dragan Covic, representing Bosnian Croats, is one of the three members of Bosnia's multiethnic presidency.
	news.suc.org /bydate/2005/March_03/13.html (325 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Srebrenica suspect surrenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A Bosnian Serb charged in connection with the massacre of 8000 Muslims during Bosnia's 1992-95 war is to surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal.
		Covic is the third Bosnia presidency member to be sacked or forced to leave under international pressure since the Office of the High Representative was set up to oversee implementation of the accords after the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
		Ashdown said that Covic would not be banned from activity in his Croatian Democratic Union party.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/D9B0B8CC-D6C6-4EF3-A31B-A129C3E537F8.htm (621 words)

	Remember Bosnia?, by Alan Bock
		Covic was officially optimistic that Bosnia is on the road to being a democratic paragon worthy of membership in the European Union (for whatever that may be worth), but one could detect undercurrents in his comments.
		Covic, Bosnia and Herzegovina has a reformed and independent judicial system in place and is working on economic reforms that will qualify it to enter the European Union within a few years.
		Covic's main purpose in visiting the United States was to speak to the U.N. General Assembly, which he did yesterday.
	www.antiwar.com /bock/b093003.html (1364 words)

	The Scotsman - International - Croat fired from Bosnian presidency on corruption allegations
		Mr Covic clinging to office "cannot be allowed to impede the country’s future", Lord Ashdown said.
		Mr Covic, who was due to take over the rotating chairmanship of the presidency in June, had no choice but to accept Lord Ashdown’s decision, which he called "unconstitutional".
		Mr Covic is the third Bosnia presidency member to be sacked or forced to leave under international pressure since the Office of the High Representative was set up after the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=334712005 (475 words)

	Predsjednik Republike Srpske (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Covic expressed his satisfaction with the achievements of the Republic of Srpska regarding the implementation of reforms, especially fulfilling the preconditions for the Partnership for Peace.
		President of the Republic of Srpska Dragan Cavic held a meeting with the Delegation of the RS Ministry of Interiors led by the Minister Zoran Deric.
		Dragan Cavic received today in his Office in Banja Luka the Delegation of TANJUG, on the occasion of the 60 years jubilee of the work of the news agency.
	www.predsjednikrs.net /engleski/stranice/arhiva/2004/februar.htm (1583 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dragan Covic, accused of serious corruption, had refused to step down.
		Prosecutors say that, when Mr Covic was finance minister, he gave unwarranted tax breaks to his business associates.
		Mr Covic said last week that he would not resign unless he was found guilty.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/050Compecon/Centeur/Bosnia/050330sacks.txt (214 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Covic is entitled to the presumption of innocence on the charges, Paddy Ashdown, the High Representative for Bosnia- Herzegovina, said yesterday.
		However good Covic may have been in his position, the interests of one person cannot be allowed to ``stand above the integrity and reputation of the country's institutions,'' Ashdown said, according to the statement.
		Covic, who was elected to a four-year term in 2002, said Ashdown's decision was ``contrary to the constitution and the laws'' of Bosnia, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=akQXhjAte7kQ&refer=europe (468 words)

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		Ashdown stressed that Covic has been a "good president" since assuming office in 2002 but must be replaced to spare Bosnia embarrassment while he stands trial on corruption charges dating from his time as finance minister of the Croat-Muslim federation in 1998-2001.
		Ashdown argued that "anyone who is indicted for criminal offences, while holding high executive authority, [must] stand down from their post in order to defend themselves as a private citizen, so as not to damage the public office they hold," his website reported (see www.ohr.int).
		On 30 March, the trial opened in Sarajevo of Covic and five other men allegedly involved in corruption for the benefit of a Herzegovinian company in what is known as "the Lijanovic affair." Among the accused is Mato Tadic, who heads Bosnia's Constitutional Court.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/03/4-SEE/see-300305.asp?po=y (1111 words)

	Prentice Hall School \| News Tracker \| Country Survey
		Dragan Covic, the ethnic Croat member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, and Adnan Terzic, the prime minister, both say that sweeping constitutional changes lie ahead.
		Covic says he and his fellow presidents, Borislav Paravac and Sulejman Tihic, are "already very close" to an agreement that their rotating presidency, in which they take turns acting as head of state, should be scrapped in favor of a conventional one-man presidency.
		Covic predicts, then, like Dayton, it must be the fruit of painful compromise.
	www.phschool.com /social_studies/newstracker/country_surveys/bosnia/article3.html (886 words)

	Dragan Covic - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Dragan Covic - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations.
		This page was last modified 06:44, 24 May 2005.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Dragan_Covic (135 words)

	FENA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SARAJEVO, June 23 (FENA) - The illegal continuation of payments to Dragan Covic, following his removal from his position in the Presidency on 29 March 2005, is a direct and flagrant contravention the High Representatives removal decision, was announced by the OHR.
		This issue was discussed in detail by the Presidency, who agreed to authorize continuation of payments to Covic, in direct contravention to the High Representative's Decision.
		The High Representative today gave the Presidency until 29 June to: ensure all payments to Dragan Covic are stopped.
	www.fena.ba /uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA274408&rubrika=ES (335 words)

	Bosnia's ethnic Croat head of state sacked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of Bosnia-Herzegovina's three heads of state, Dragan Covic, the ethnic Croat president, yesterday was sacked by Britain's Paddy Ashdown, the international community's high representative in charge of the country's postwar administration.
		The decision to sack Mr Covic may help Bosnia steer clear of embarrassment, as the former president is due to appear in court today on corruption charges alongside the chief justice of Bosnia's constitutional court.
		Mr Covic, who claims the corruption charges against him have been filed as a form of political flmail, issued a terse response to Lord Ashdown's decision, calling it "not in accordance with the constitution of this country and its laws".
	www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/mar05/hed6970.shtml (424 words)

	SFOR Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Media Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The President of the BiH Presidency, Dragan Covic, is to meet with COMSFOR, Major General Virgil Packet, on Thursday and discuss, among other things, the issue of the removal of six Croat VF officers from military service.
		Yesterday in Banja Luka, President of the BiH Presidency Dragan Covic said that the name of the future BiH Defence Minister should be known by 15 February, so that this condition for BiH's accession to the Partnership for Peace programme is also met.
		After a meeting between Covic and his deputies and the RS leadership, Covic stated that the BiH Presidency was pleased with the progress the Republika Srpska had made in the implementation of the reforms.
	www.shape.nato.int /sfor/media/2004/ms040212.htm (1879 words)

	SFOR Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Media Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He clearly told Covic to discharge Brigadier Jozo Beljo, colonels Dragan Gojsilovic, Marinko Jurisic, Bozo Sain and Zeljko Lubenic and Major Mato Maljic, saying that they did not deserve to be officers of the VF.
		Yesterday, COMSFOR General Virgil Packett met with Dragan Covic, the Chair of the BiH Presidency, to demand the urgent discharge of the six VF-H officers who left the VF in 2001 and joined Croat self-rule.
		Covic said that the military personnel would be thoroughly reviewed to ensure that it meets NATO requirements and standards.
	www.nato.int /sfor/media/2004/ms040213.htm (3836 words)

	Dragan Covic -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dragan Covic -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Dragan Čović is a member of the (additional info and facts about Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the nation's (A member of the Slavic people living in Croatia) Croat population.
		Before his election he had been a senior minister in the (additional info and facts about Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a lecturer at the University of Mostar.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Dr/Dragan_Covic.htm (105 words)

	Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The nomination by the Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, presidency of Dragan Bozanic, a former minister in the wartime government of the Republika Srpska, RS and associate of Radovan Karadzic, as Bosnian ambassador to the Council of Europe led to a great furore - which only subsided when he withdrew his nomination on October 29.
		The votes in favour came from the Bosnian Croat and Serb members, Borislav Paravac and Dragan Covic, while the opposing vote came from the Bosniak member, Sulejman Tihic.
		"Covic knows Bozanic was one of Karadzic's closest associates during the aggression in BiH; that while he was director of [Serbian] TV in Pale he was one of the main propagators of that policy; that he was Karadzic's war minister; that because of this he is banned from entering the EU," Sagolj said.
	www.iwpr.net /index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200410_hr_1_eng.txt (1421 words)

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