The Croatian National Assembly (HNS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina remains committed to the Dayton Peace Agreement as a guarantor of peace between the three constituent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and attacks on the fundamental constitutional principles, including the equality of the constituent nations, contribute to the instability of Bosnia and Herzegovina and slow down its European path, it was said from HNS regarding the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case “Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina”.
HNS calls the applicant to the European Court of Human Rights (Kovačević) a “long-time unitarian activist” and an adviser to “another Bosniak member of the Presidency of BiH”, that is, “a usurper of the position of the Croatian member of the Presidency of BiH”, HNS stated in the press release.
“As he admitted on the eve of the verdict, he and other political activists are not interested in the protection and promotion of human rights, but their ultimate goal is to abolish the constitution of the people and impose a unitary political system,” the HNS said.
The goal of that radical political agenda, as emphasized by HNS, is to achieve an order in which Bosniaks, given that they are the most numerous constituent people, will rule in a unitary state and impose their representatives on Croats and everyone else.
“Certain interpretations of the verdict “Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina” and other verdicts passed as a result of the political activism of unitarian politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina before the European Court of Human Rights cannot call into question the equality of Croats, Bosniaks and Serbs. These comments are politically motivated, without foundation. in human rights and are against the Dayton Peace Agreement,” HNS emphasizes.
The Croatian National Assembly believes that all decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, should be implemented, including the decision on the legitimate representation and equality of the constituent peoples at all administrative and political levels and the cessation of discrimination against Jews, Roma and other minority groups, and of all other citizens due to violation of their passive right to vote.
“We welcome the statements of the European Court of Human Rights that the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina should decide which is the best political system and how to address the issue of discrimination of human rights,” the announcement states.
