SARAJEVO, Oct 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic said he was opposed to a possible referendum called by Croat political parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In an interview for the BH PRESS agency as cited by Sarajevo media
Wednesday, Mesic asserted that in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as in any other country, the institutions of the system had to function, and in these circumstances, political parties had no right to call for a referendum. "I am against a referendum because those who wish one do not understand what is going on in Bosnia-Herzegovina, that there is no longer a war and divisions, that Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country within its internationally recognised borders and that it has its state institutions," Mesic said. He called on Bosnian Croats to solve their problems through institutions within its country, not to search for solutions from the outside, including Croatia. "Those times are behind us," Mesic stressed
SARAJEVO, Oct 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic said he was
opposed to a possible referendum called by Croat political parties
in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In an interview for the BH PRESS agency as cited by Sarajevo media
Wednesday, Mesic asserted that in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as in any
other country, the institutions of the system had to function, and
in these circumstances, political parties had no right to call for a
referendum.
"I am against a referendum because those who wish one do not
understand what is going on in Bosnia-Herzegovina, that there is no
longer a war and divisions, that Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country
within its internationally recognised borders and that it has its
state institutions," Mesic said.
He called on Bosnian Croats to solve their problems through
institutions within its country, not to search for solutions from
the outside, including Croatia.
"Those times are behind us," Mesic stressed.
He described present relations between Croatia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina as good, but stressed certain provisions of the Dayton
Agreement were still being implemented too slowly.
According to Mesic, the return of Croats and Bosniaks to the Bosnian
Serb entity of Republika Srpska continues to be a special problem.
Bosnian Croat party representatives decided that a recent decision
of the Provisional Election Commission of the Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia on the
election of representatives to both houses of Bosnia's parliament
was against the Constitution, adding the decision was taking away
the constituent quality from the Croat people in Bosnia.
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