Serb opposition leader: Crisis in Bosnia is a common situation

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Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina has become a common situation and the current lack of the state government is not a surprise, said Mirko Sarovic, the Serb opposition leader.

According to him, all options for the government formation are still “on the table” including the one that the 2018 election results are not implemented until the next election cycle.

Even if the government, formally called the Council of Ministers, is formed it doesn't mean the crisis is over, said the leader of the opposition SDS party, adding that the newly formed authorities might be the worst executive authority in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“We haven't reached yet ‘the record’ from 2010 when Nikola Spiric remained at the helm of the Council of Ministers for 16 months after his mandate of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers expired,” said Sarovic referring to the official of the SNSD, the leading Serb party.

As for the Parliament, its both chambers were formally assembled but without parliamentary bodies and commissions being formed, he recalled.

“The reason behind the inaction is simple – the Parliament is a hostage of two parties, the SNSD and the HDZ (election winners among the Serb and the Croat ethnic groups), who condition it with the formation of the Council of Ministers,” warned Sarovic.

“The main responsibility will be on them once the crucial issues for citizens are put on agenda of the House of Peoples,” said Sarovic.