Demobilised fighters end hunger strike due to serious health condition

Demobilised fighters who have been demanding their rights in front of the building of the Government of the Federation of BiH in Sarajevo for two months have suspended the hunger strike they started yesterday, reports the Patria agency.

During the night, four of them fell ill, so the fighters, on the advice of doctors, decided to suspend the hunger strike until Thursday.

The fighters expect a response from the Government to their demands on Thursday, after which they will decide on further steps.

Minister for Veterans' Affairs Salko Bukvarević called on the fighters on Monday to designate their representatives and meet with him.

We remind you that the fighters are demanding, among other things, the adoption of a unique registry of Army of BiH fighters and its public release, a veterans' allowance of at least 326 KM, the cessation of funding for all veterans' associations, and free medical treatment.

The Government does not want to discuss this issue, claiming that additional expenditures for this category would lead the Federation to bankruptcy. However, no one from the Government of the Federation of BiH is willing to explain why the publication of the registry is not being pursued more decisively and how it has been possible to operate without it until now.