PRESIDENT OF SDP NIKŠIĆ: PRESIDENT FBIH MUST BE ELECTED BY THE WILL OF MAJORITY

SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 18 (ONASA) – SDP President Nermin Nikšić said that the president of the Federation of BiH must be elected by the will of the majority and that this must be clear to the member of the leadership of the Federation of BiH from the SDA, Refik Lendi, who, Nikšić stated, is blocking the establishment of government.
Nikšić points out that the obstruction was expected and that SDA leader Bakir Izetbegović announced from the beginning that he would block the establishment of government if SDA was not part of the majority.
In the past two days, Lendo did not come to the meeting with Lidija Bradar (HDZ BiH) and Igor Stojanović (SDP), where they were supposed to choose who would be the president and who the vice president of the Federation of BiH, but he invited the leaders of these two parties to agree on it.
Nikšić assesses that this act blocks the will of the established parliamentary majority, with the only explanation being that it is due to the loss of power and alleged ethnic legitimacy.
“Thus, the SDA promoted itself as the main proponent of the idea of legitimate ethnic representation,” said Nikšić and added that “blood cells don’t count,” and that it is “a match in which the SDA is clearly trying to outdo all other parties with an ethnic sign.”
Nikšić wrote on “Facebook” that the letter sent by Lendo is “another smoke screen and a pre-planned step by the SDA to delay and divert attention from the fact that the leadership of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not establishing a majority, but confirming that it exists”. (end)