SARAJEVO, Nov 23 (Hina) - Leaders of the four largest opposition parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina have signed an agreement on cooperation announcing that they will insist on early parliamentary elections to be held next year.
SARAJEVO, Nov 23 (Hina) - Leaders of the four largest opposition
parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina have signed an agreement on
cooperation announcing that they will insist on early
parliamentary elections to be held next year. #L#
The agreement was signed in Sarajevo on Sunday by Zlatko Lagumdzija
of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Milorad Dodik of the Party of
Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Kresimir Zubak of the New
Croatian Initiative (NHI) and Petar Djokic of the Socialist Party
of the Republic of Srpska (SPRS).
SNSD leader Dodik said the four parties shared the same view that
Bosnia-Herzegovina was facing a political, economic and moral
crisis, and the current authorities were incapable of solving the
accumulated problems.
The NHI chief Zubak said a change of those in power was necessary, as
the ruling nationalist parties would not be able to carry out
reforms in the 16 defined areas, which the European Commission
required for the start of negotiations with Sarajevo on the
country's pre-accession talks.
SDP President Lagumdzija described the agreement as an important
step towards the normalisation of political life in Bosnia.
This is a basis for bids aimed at forming a centre-left bloc as a
counter-balance to the ruling right coalition.
The four opposition politicians said they would insist on the
organisation of early parliamentary elections in autumn 2004 when
local elections were scheduled.
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