ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic on Tuesday said international representatives in Vienna and Sarajevo would today be handed a Croatian government note expressing concern about the change of
election regulations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which can jeopardise the equality and sovereignty of Bosnia's constituent peoples. Granic made this statement during question time at the upper house when asked to say what measures the government was taking to protect Bosnian Croats. The Government is worried about the new election rules and will do all it can so that the Dayton agreement and the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina are fully complied with, Granic said adding the government was in contact with Bosnian Croat representatives and had agreed on measures to be taken by both sides. When asked by Miroslav Rozic of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) why the governm
ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister Goran
Granic on Tuesday said international representatives in Vienna and
Sarajevo would today be handed a Croatian government note
expressing concern about the change of election regulations in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, which can jeopardise the equality and
sovereignty of Bosnia's constituent peoples.
Granic made this statement during question time at the upper house
when asked to say what measures the government was taking to protect
Bosnian Croats.
The Government is worried about the new election rules and will do
all it can so that the Dayton agreement and the Constitution of the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina are fully complied with, Granic
said adding the government was in contact with Bosnian Croat
representatives and had agreed on measures to be taken by both
sides.
When asked by Miroslav Rozic of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
why the government had decided that data on police records and
criminal proceedings against returnees from Yugoslavia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina would not be checked any more, Granic said the
procedure was too expensive and in some cases lasted up to six
months. The government has estimated that this is no longer
necessary and that every citizen whose documents are in order can
return to Croatia while those suspected of war crimes would be
brought to justice and processed, he said.
Commenting on the claim that the government was not doing anything
to help Bosnian Croat refugees in Croatia, including evictions from
houses and flats, Granic said no one could be above the law.
We have problems, but Bosnian Croats occupying the houses of
Croatian Serb citizens are not the biggest one. The biggest problem
are multiple occupancies by people who have never lived in those
areas or who have occupied several houses as part of the war booty.
This, unfortunately, is reality, the rule of law is not functioning
in that area and in those cases we will have to protect the
constitutional order, Granic concluded.
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