The Speaker of the House of Peoples of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the HDZ BiH President Dragan Covic and the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovicheld a meeting yesterday at the Banski dvori in Zagreb.
At the meeting, Covic informed Plenkovic about the further activities of the political representatives of the Croatian people in BiH and the activities of the Croatian National Assembly (HNS) after the latest round of negotiations on the reform of the BiH Election Law held in Neum.
He stressed that in practice, the signatories of the Mostar Agreement reject its implementation as a basis for a final agreement. He particularly referred to the positive opinion of the Venice Commission on the proposal of the HNS BiH regarding the limited amendments to the Constitution which implement all five judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
Furthermore, he added that while respecting the constitutional principle of constitutivity and legitimate representation, models were presented that would eliminate all existing anomalies in electoral legislation and prevent continued discrimination and imposition of political representatives on Croats as the least represented constituent people.
Plenkovic said that the Croatian Government would continue to be active and support further negotiations between political actors in BiH in order to reach an agreement on changes to the BiH Election Law as soon as possible.
Recalling that playing on the principles agreed by the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement has been putting the Croatian people in an unfair position for years, Plenkovic told that the agreement of political actors should ensure equality and legitimate representation of all three constituent peoples in BiH’s highest institutions.
He noted that reaching an agreement on electoral reform is important for harmonious relations between all three constituent peoples, as well as the functionality and well-being of the entire BiH. Covic and Plenkovic expressed satisfaction that the international representatives accepted the proposals of Croatian representatives in BiH and the views of Croatian government representatives as a sustainable model of stability and functionality that would strengthen key principles of the Dayton Agreement and be in line with the European value system.
Consequently, Plenkovic explained that he would continue talks with the leaders of the European Union (EU) institutions and countries, as well as representatives of the international community on the position of the Croatian people and the situation in BiH.
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Source: Klix.ba
