NOVANEWS
A small group of anti-government demonstrators blocked traffic in central Sarajevo again on Wednesday, reiterating their demands for resignations and seeking more social justice throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
As every day for nearly two weeks, they first rallied outside the BiH Presidency building and then blocked a very busy intersection nearby.
An informal association called Sarajevo Citizens’ Plenum asked the Sarajevo cantonal assembly to take a position by Friday on their demands for the swift formation of a new cantonal government.
The Plenum also insists on the formation of a commission of inquiry into the riots of February 7, when demonstrators and police clashed and the buildings of the BiH Presidency and the cantonal government were set on fire.
The Plenum threatened blocking the entire capital on Friday unless their demands were met.
The establishment of new local governments is also unlikely in Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj and Una-Sana cantons, where no one has nominated prime minister-designates.
The government of the Federation entity has not stepped down either, despite demonstrators’ demands. Prime Minister Nermin Niksic and other ministers have said they will step down as soon as a new entity government is appointed in line with the Constitution and the law.
The entity parliament is expected to take a position on the current situation in the entity on February 25 and, according to lower house deputy chair Tomo Vidovic, decide on measures to improve it.
As every day for nearly two weeks, they first rallied outside the BiH Presidency building and then blocked a very busy intersection nearby.
An informal association called Sarajevo Citizens’ Plenum asked the Sarajevo cantonal assembly to take a position by Friday on their demands for the swift formation of a new cantonal government.
The Plenum also insists on the formation of a commission of inquiry into the riots of February 7, when demonstrators and police clashed and the buildings of the BiH Presidency and the cantonal government were set on fire.
The Plenum threatened blocking the entire capital on Friday unless their demands were met.
The establishment of new local governments is also unlikely in Tuzla, Zenica-Doboj and Una-Sana cantons, where no one has nominated prime minister-designates.
The government of the Federation entity has not stepped down either, despite demonstrators’ demands. Prime Minister Nermin Niksic and other ministers have said they will step down as soon as a new entity government is appointed in line with the Constitution and the law.
The entity parliament is expected to take a position on the current situation in the entity on February 25 and, according to lower house deputy chair Tomo Vidovic, decide on measures to improve it.
