At Hungarian Conservative, Filip Gašpar examines the implications of the “Resolution on Strengthening the Political Position of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina” recently adopted by Croatia’s parliament.
The Serb critique of the Dayton order and the Croat critique now increasingly rhyme. Both argue that the settlement, as administered, has hollowed out the equality it promised. Both regard decisions taken by international officials as having eroded, rather than protected, the position of a constituent people.
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Republika Srpska’s leadership has consistently argued that its objective is to preserve the constitutional balance established by the Dayton Peace Agreement. From its perspective, the gradual transfer of competences to the state level and the extensive use of the High Representative’s powers have altered the original settlement.
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When two of the three constituent peoples both conclude that the current model denies them genuine equality, the claim that the model is a neutral guarantor of multiethnic democracy becomes very hard to sustain.
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