"The Dayton agreement rendered the continuity of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It, however, accepted and in a way legalised the ethnic cleansing, genocide and crimes against humanity. It has also been turning into an instrument for dividing and destroying the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Silajdzic, the head of the Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at a conference on Bosnia 15 years after the Dayton deal in Sarajevo on Sunday.
The conference was organised by the Association of Independent Intellectuals Circle 99.
Silajdzic, who was a war time Bosnian foreign minister, said the country needed new constitutional solutions which would honour democratic principles and incorporate European standards.
He said that he had rejected draft constitutional changes proposed by the United States administration four years ago as he "will keep rejecting changes which will make things worse".
On 21 November 1995, the framework Dayton agreement was initialled by the then presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Franjo Tudjman of Croatia and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia.
The agreement was reached with the mediation of U.S. negotiators at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, following 20 days of the talks.
The agreement stopped the four-year war in Bosnia and Herzegovina arranging the country into two entities, with one of them being predominantly populated by Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Croats, and the other one by Serbs.
No official events were held on Sunday to mark the 15 anniversary of the conclusion of the Dayton accords..
Representatives of the Bosniak and Croat peoples demand changes of the current constitution based on the Dayton deal, while the Serb side is opposed to the amending of the Dayton agreement in fear that changes will undermine the Serb entity.