Activists from the ‘Istocna alternative’ (Eastern Alternative) citizens’ association in Bosnia’s Serb-majority Republika Srpska (RS) entity have put up posters in the eastern towns of Srebrenica and Bratunac on Tuesday calling for the international administrator in the country, Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko, to leave the country because he is “undesirable” and “stifles freedoms and development.”
Inzko is the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tasked with overseeing the civilian implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the Bosnian war.
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The head of the Istocna alternativa association, Vojin Pavlovic, accused Inzko of bias and of being a “Serb-hater.”Pavlovic argued that Bosnia must “get rid of the tutelage of high representatives” and create its own path based on the will of the three constituent peoples living in the country and that “Republika Srpska should move towards achieving its goal, which is independence and autonomy.”
Inzko recently presented his 58th Report on the situation in Bosnia to the UN Security Council.
In the document, he warned of threats of secession and numerous blockades in the functioning of the government.
Inzko particularly criticised Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the tripartite Presidency and the leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) – the ruling party in the RS.
“Relations within the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina are also worrisome, as the members are increasingly at odds with each other. SNSD President and member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik frequently invoked the principle of vital entity interest over decisions he claimed were harmful to the interests of the Republika Srpska and promised to do the same in the second round of voting over the sensitive issue of the recognition of Kosovo independence by Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Inzko wrote.
