Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina only in the Federation

Marking the National Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reception held in the Presidency and Chairman Ivanic did not come.
The BiH Presidency tonight was prepared formal reception the occasion of the National Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

As in previous years, organized by the Bosnian and Croatian member of the Presidency, without Serbian.

Holiday, in fact, and this year celebrates the area of one entity - the Federation of BiH, due to unsettled legal questions holidays.

Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member, said that in BiH there are still extremist attitudes against which we must fight. But he, as the Croatian member Dragan Covic, emphasized the positive messages holidays, in terms of building a better country.

"The struggle for freedom, equality and the rule of law are tasks that must never be pushed to the margins. Only a free and democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina, with full respect each individual, has a clear perspective and a secure future in the community of European countries that heritage and cherish these values "said Izetbegovic.

'Equality of Peoples'

"Our commitment should be first and foremost to the constitutional and institutional as well as in every other way to ensure equality of the Bosniak, Croatian and Serbian people, as a constituent, and all citizens who do not identify themselves as members of the three constituent peoples", said Covic.

Celebrating 25 November inherited from the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina recalls the first session ZAVNOBIH 1943 in Mrkonjic Grad. This session considered by many as a kind of birthday contemporary BiH," recalled John Pavkovic, reporter Al Jazeera.

Although there emphasized the equality of BiH. Nations, the National Day holiday today and highlights the general lack of BiH, there Pavkovic.

"Here in the Presidency tonight was no Presidency Chairman Mladen Ivanic, just as the previous years that were not members of the Serbian BH. Presidency. The reason - BiH has no law on public holidays, and in the Serbian entity of Republika this date is not considered a public holiday.

Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina today is a sort of reminder that the country currently does not have a date of national significance that are equally celebrated throughout its territory '', reported Pavkovic.

  • 24 Nov, 2014
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