The delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of (PABiH) Sefik Dzaferovic said yesterday, commenting on the high representative’s latest decision, that with his changes he in a certain way adjusted the results to the political coalition he prefers, the HDZ and the Coalition of Three, and that he suspended the Washington Agreement.
He pointed out that the amendments to the Constitution of the Federation of BiH (FBiH), made by the high representative, and concerning the election of the Government of the Federation, are aimed at reducing the political rights of Bosniaks as a constituent people in the Federation, while these amendments did not permanently remove the blockages in the formation of the federal executive power.
“The factual situation after yesterday is such that the Government of the Federation cannot be elected without the consent of the Croatian President of the Federation, and it can be elected without the Bosniak Vice President, which is profoundly unconstitutional, because according to the Constitution they should have equal rights, since Bosniaks and Croats as constituent nations should have equal rights,” Dzaferovic noted yesterday.
He believes that Schmidt suspended this principle, and thus the Washington Agreement, which caused enormous damage, which is reflected in the frustration that the Bosniak people feel, and the full consequences will be visible only in the coming period.
“It is quite clear that the goal of these changes was to eliminate one political party from the process of forming the government. Nowhere in the world is the Constitution designed with this goal in mind, and in this sense it can be determined, without hesitation, that the high representative adjusted the results in a certain way to the political coalition he prefers – HDZ and theCoalition of Three, thereby introducing deep distrust in the political system,” said Dzaferovic.
After that, he said that for him personally, and he believes it’s the same for a huge number of Euro-Atlantic-oriented BiH patriots, the move of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the international community is a disappointment.
He added that the international community did not turn against Milorad Dodik, who is destroying the Dayton Agreement and the constitutional order, nor did it turn against the HDZ, which, according to international officials, blocked the election of the FBiH Government and judges of the Constitutional Court for four years.
“Instead, a comprehensive attack was launched on the political status and reputation of those who stood to protect the constitutional order, peace and Euro-Atlantic orientation of the country. The question arises as to what kind of message is being sent and what kind of behavior is being encouraged by all this. I am afraid that we are entering a period of exceptional serious uncertainties, and I call on the Bosniak people and all BiH patriots to be careful, responsible and united in the challenges that lie ahead,” concluded Dzaferovic, Klix.ba reports.
