“Peaceful demonstrations are part of the democratic political process and citizens have every right to always make their voices heard. Public institutions must be accountable every day of the year”, said today Head of the EU Delegation to BiH & EU Special Representative Peter Sorensen, commenting today’s protests of citizens in Sarajevo, who demand the urgent adoption of the ID Number Law at the level of BIH.
Ambassador Sorensen noted that today’s protest an expression of a clear demand from citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina that the institutions, especially at state level, must put far more focus on solving the priority issues.
He further stated that among the priority issues is the issue of ID Number which has to be solved at the level of BiH.
“It is now of vital importance that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s institutions work at full speed to resolve a number of urgent issues. The accession of Croatia to the EU on 1 July 2013 presents important implications for Bosnia and Herzegovina. These can only be dealt with by a fully functioning system at all levels, especially the Council of Ministers and the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. We therefore strongly urge institutional and political leaders to meet the citizens’ interest, constructively engage and find solutions now’’, said Sorensen, reports Delegation of the EU to BIH.
