The President of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Dragan Čović, stated today in Mostar that he is against the reconstruction of government at the BiH level if there is no clearly defined majority in the BiH parliament.
"The game ultimately has to be very defined and led. We don't need a government coup if we don't know precisely what we're going to do and if we don't have a classified one," Čović told reporters after the session of the expanded HDZ BiH Presidency.
He emphasized that for him, the key tasks are protecting the interests of Croats in BiH, the security situation, and the country's European path.
According to him, for the HDZ BiH, everyone is a partner, even those who are considered the opposition at the state level. "I also call on them to leave the politics of outsmarting aside. Today it is difficult to distinguish who is the government and who is the opposition," Čović assessed.
He added that the current government at the state level (Troika, HDZ BiH and SNSD) was formed with a "narrow majority" in the BiH parliament, with the help of representatives of the international community.
He stated that there are already demands for the removal of SNSD and Troika personnel in the state government, adding that there will be even more such demands.
Čović stressed that he "understands the dissatisfaction", but that "everything must not be allowed to be blocked", adding that in recent days he had also spoken with the President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik and representatives of the "Troika" about finding a way for the government to continue functioning. He noted that it would be "difficult".
"It's easy to dismiss someone if we know why we're doing it and what we're going to do next. That's why we were against any dismissal. We protect every partner. These processes that have started could have frozen the functioning of the government, who benefits from that," the HDZ BiH leader said.
Čović also said that HDZ and he are not the source of the political crisis in BiH, emphasizing that other partners in the government must take responsibility.
He also stated that he did not meet with the leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Bakir Izetbegović, whose party is the opposition both in the Federation of BiH and at the state level.
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