The Dayton peace accords incorporate failed projects that are contrary to the past, present and future of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In addition, injustice has been done in the implementation of that agreement since 1995, they say in the declaration.
The bishops also say that "the biggest injustice has been done to the Catholic population that has been almost halved as a result of war horrors, ethnic cleansing and the unjust division of Bosnia-Herzegovina, stipulated by the Dayton agreement".
The dignitaries also warn that human rights and national freedoms of the Croat people in the country have been threatened.
The injustices that have been done since the signing of the Dayton agreement under the auspices of the international community "affect mostly the least numerous (Croat) people, through some acts of the Hague-based tribunal, the imposition of election rules, the removal of legal institutions and legally elected representatives, the unjust court proceedings against some people, the Media Law, the negligence of the Croatian language, reforms of the schooling system and the organisation of the city of Mostar. All of this changes the status of Croats as a constituent people into that of a national minority, which is intolerable and unacceptable," the declaration reads.
The bishops accused not only international representatives but also Bosnian politicians of defending parochial interests of some groups or parties under the pretext of protecting the interests of their own peoples, which they said only prolonged the agony of citizens and peoples of the country.
At their meeting in Mostar, they elected the archbishop of Sarajevo, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, the new president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia-Herzegovina for a five-year term. Puljic succeeded Banja Luka Bishop Franjo Komarica at this post.