MARCH 1ST Komšić and Bećirović to host reception at City Hall on BiH Independence Day

(Patria) - Chairman of the Presidency of BiH Željko Komšić and member of the Presidency of BiH Denis Bećirović will host a reception on the occasion of BiH Independence Day - March 1st at the City Hall in Sarajevo.

The reception will begin at 8 PM, considering that it is the month of Ramadan and iftar is in the late afternoon hours.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence Day is a public holiday celebrated on March 1st every year, commemorating BiH's independence. Adult citizens of the then SRBiH voted on the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a referendum held on February 29th and March 1st, 1992.

The referendum question was:

- Are you for a sovereign and independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, a state of equal citizens, peoples of BiH - Muslims, Serbs, Croats, and members of other nations living in it?

Independence was strongly supported mainly by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats, while a larger number of Bosnian Serbs boycotted the referendum due to the SDS's call for Serbs not to vote, but it cannot be said that Serbs did not vote in this referendum.

A total of 2,073,568 voters participated in the referendum, representing a turnout of 63.6%. Of that number, 99.7% voted for independence, and 0.3% against that decision.

The European Community recognized BiH as an independent and sovereign state on April 6, 1992.

On February 28, 1995, Parliament passed a decision to celebrate March 1st as Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence Day.

Followers of the same policy that boycotted the referendum still dispute this day, and therefore it is celebrated only in the FBiH, but returnees to the Republika Srpska entity of BiH also widely mark it with appropriate programs and parades.