Speculations that appeared in some media that the conclusions proposed by member of BiH Presidency Denis Bećirović at the Presidency session were adopted and that I do not have the right to veto are not true, stated m member of BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović at a press conference in the Administrative Center of the Government of Republika Srpska.
Cvijanović said that she has the right under the Constitution to address the National Assembly of Republika Srpska and to ask for protection.
“There will be a second round of voting. It is certain that I will use my constitutional right to initiate a veto, in case I am outvoted at the Presidency session,” said Cvijanović.
She emphasized that Bećirović is trying to attract international attention to his actions.
She also said that three versions of Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ letter were circulating in the media, but that none of them had reached her.
Cvijanović said that this is a serious violation of all diplomatic practices and laws.
“Here, they resorted to falsifying a letter from a high-ranking official of a global organization. Yesterday I reacted to a false thing that was placed in the media with the word “Only” or “samo” which does not exist in the original. Now I have to ask the Secretary General again, and if the Mission and the MFA do not want to do it, I have to ask the man again directly what to do when I was blocked here, to ask him if his letter says “Only” or “samo”, Cvijanović said.
She pointed out that it is unacceptable for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to violate the law.
“I have a suspicion that they participated in the falsification of the document sent to me by the Secretary General of the UN,” stated Cvijanović.
She noted that Guterres received the letter she sent in one way.
“Given that we had various communications with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I also checked with the UN Mission in New York. They are passing the ball from one side to the other, accusing each other to explain why the letter was not communicated. I had communication with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and I asked for my letter to be delivered because it was sent to the MFA regularly and addressed to the UN Mission by us, and of course a copy was sent directly because they are playing games about delivering those my letters,” explained Cvijanović.
She emphasized that they received confirmation from the UN secretariat that they received the letter and that they are waiting through diplomatic channels.
“We said that it would be delivered to them through diplomatic channels because we regularly sent it to the MFA, which would forward it to the Mission, but that did not happen. The only version that arrived there was a copy of that letter, which we sent directly,” said Cvijanović.
