Citizens protest in front of OHR: Demands to the international community and Schmidt

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - As part of global protests in Brussels, Washington, London, Ottawa, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Manchester, Toronto and many other cities, a group of civic activists gathered around Restart are organizing protests in Sarajevo in front of the OHR building under the slogan "CITIZENS' AWAKENING". So far, they have held seven peaceful protests in front of various institutions. Protests are also planned in Tuzla and Maglaj.

The protests will be held from 12:00 to 14:00.

The demands of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the OHR, PIC, QUINT, EU Delegation, and European Commission are:

1. Citizens demand decisive measures from the UN, NATO alliance, and the European Union to preserve peace and stability in the Western Balkans;

2. Citizens demand the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the suspension of all negotiations aimed at preserving the current situation in BiH and deepening decades-long discrimination and the rule of ethnocracy;

3. Citizens demand that the PIC give unconditional support to the High Representative for the use of the Bonn Powers in BiH, for the full rule of law;

4. Citizens demand that the High Representative (OHR) immediately order an end to the blockade of state institutions (i.e., stop the salaries of those who are blocking);

5. Citizens demand that the High Representative (OHR) immediately annul all decisions of the National Assembly of the RS on the so-called return of competencies, because these competencies were not seized, but transferred to the state level in accordance with the BiH Constitution and law, so that 'returning' them to the entity level in this manner is a form of coup d'état;

6. Citizens demand that the High Representative (OHR) order the implementation of all judgments of the Constitutional Court of BiH, as this is the most serious step towards establishing a complete legal order in the country;

7. Citizens demand that electronic voting (optical scanning of ballots) be ensured in the upcoming elections;

8. Citizens demand the unconditional application of provisions prohibiting the denial of genocide and eliminating the effects of genocide in accordance with UN Resolution 56/83, under which member states commit to: no country will recognize as lawful a situation created by the violation of peremptory norms of international law (genocide), nor will it provide support or assistance in maintaining such a situation;

The principles of coexistence and EU democratic standards are defended in Bosnia and Herzegovina (and if they were violated, it would lead to a chain reaction in some EU countries).

"Let us come out and express our views to the international community with dignity and in peace, i.e., demand that the voice of citizens be heard, all with the aim of a more normal and functional state. As last time, we expect to be received for a meeting at the OHR, as well as the EU Delegation," state from ReSTART.