Slaven Kovačević, a candidate for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, responded to the statements of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia about the electoral law made during his official visit to Sarajevo.
Kovačević stated that Plenković is misleading the public with his misinterpretations of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
“In the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since the signing of the Dayton Agreement, nothing has changed regarding the election of Presidency members compared to what was agreed and signed in Dayton – except for Christian Schmidt’s intervention at Plenković’s request, which Plenković himself has boasted about. In other words, in the electoral system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is still the citizens who elect, not the constituent peoples. That is how it has been, and that is how it will remain,” Kovačević said.
He told Plenković to “take care of the Election Law in the Republic of Croatia.”
“Especially after the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia confirmed that inequality and unequal voting power arise from different election sites in Croatia, instead of abusing his official visit to Sarajevo to mislead the public with his aspirations for apartheid in the election system of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Kovačević said.
He added that Plenković might not know the legitimate goal of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
“This refers to eliminating all consequences of aggression, ethnic cleansing, and other war crimes established in The Hague in the ‘Prlić et al.’ case as a joint criminal enterprise. The Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina is our concern and, as such, will be aligned with European standards and in no other way,” Kovačević concluded.
Let us recall that Plenković, during his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina today, commented on the issue of the Election Law in our country.
“If what we have now had been intended, the people who drafted the Dayton Agreement would have written it that way. Something else was intended – for all three constituent peoples to choose their representatives. It was not expected that this would change. Efforts for change are, above all, part of what needs to be agreed upon within Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is very important to us. We are aware of this problem and are addressing it openly. The international community knows this as well,” he said.
