Bosnian Croat urged to not accept post

Bosnian Croat social-democrat Zeljko Komsić has been called on to not accept the post he was elected to this week.

Source: DPA

Friday, 06.10.2006.

15:00

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Bosnian Croat urged to not accept post

The Croat seat of Bosnia's presidency is reserved for HDZ representatives, the HDZ claims.

The presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina is shared by representatives of each of Bosnia's ethnic groups - one Bosnian Muslim, one Serb and one Croat - who rotate the office.

Bosnia-Herzegovina's population of 4.5 million people is 48 per cent Bosnian Muslim, 34 percent Serb Orthodox Christian and 15 percent Croat Roman Catholic.

Zeljko Komsić of the Social-Democratic Party (SDP) was elected as Croat member of the presidency at Bosnia-Herzegovina's general elections on October 1, next to former Bosnian Foreign Minister, Muslim Haris Silajdzić and Bosnian Serb Nebojša Radmanović.

HDZ considers itself to be the only political party in Bosnia responsible for representing interests of Bosnian Croats, and said Komsić was elected by votes of non-Croat voters, mostly Bosnian Muslims.

"Electing Komsić as the new Croat presidency member, Bosnian Muslims have obviously prevented Bosnian Croats to elect their representative in the presidency," read the statement.

Komsić himself stated in one of the pre-election rallies that he never considered himself to be Croat, the statement read, concluding he therefore cannot be in the presidency to pledge for Croats' interests.

The party also called on other Bosnian Croat parties in Bosnia- Herzegovina to address Croats' future in the country and to form a coalition, in order to be stronger in the state's parliament, in which Bosnian Muslim and Serb parties won the majority of seats.

Less than 55 percent of 2.7 million voters in Bosnia-Herzegovina cast their ballots at the country's general elections held October 1.

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