Kajan's Lesson for Konaković, Dodik and Čović: No 'Županijas' or 'Joint Institutions'!

(Patria) - Federal MP Sanel Kajan (DF) has problematised on social media the unacceptable use of unconstitutional terms in Bosnian-Herzegovinian political everyday life.

He particularly addressed the terms "županija" and "joint institutions", which have become established and grown into everyday use among Croatian (Dragan Čović and his entourage) and Serbian politicians (without exception - all from the smaller BiH entity).

Kajan points out that individuals do not understand that "županija" was not declared unconstitutional because, as some say, it is a Croatian term. It was declared unconstitutional because BiH does not have županijas, which are a different territorial unit from cantons. Just as BiH has no župans. And the same goes for "joint institutions" - there are state institutions, but not "joint" ones!

To make the situation more absurd, Kajan underscores, it is precisely the media founded by the state and the Federation of BiH that are the biggest promoters of "županijas" and "joint institutions".

This narrative is often joined by Bosniak politicians, probably seeking to curry favour with the HDZ, a party that has for years managed finances and the most important portfolios at the level of several cantons, as well as the entity and the state.

Kajan reminds that in 2001, the Constitutional Court of BiH confirmed the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Federation of BiH, and decided that the constitutional name for the administrative unit is canton, and that it is governed by the president of the cantonal government, i.e. the prime minister. By the same decision, the names županija, župan and governor were declared unconstitutional.

Nevertheless, Kajan adds, županija is in everyday use - not only in public appearances of politicians, but also on official documents, on institution signage...

The decision on non-enforcement was long ago forwarded to the competent addresses. Decades later, no one has been criminally liable, and "županija" has already "entered the ear" of the ordinary person. For the use of the unconstitutional name "županija", someone should have been held accountable by now.

"Do I need to repeat here the fact that the Constitution of the West Herzegovina Canton still says 'Bosniak', instead of Bosnian language, as the name of this official language in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in every administrative subject thereof?!

The silencing of 'županijas' for a full 30 years by the HDZ's coalition partners is also coming due. What some have done for three decades, others are now continuing. They give in to the HDZ and the politics of the criminal para-state entity of the so-called 'HRHB'. Where will that lead them, and all of us?!

Instead of respecting the law and fighting against these unconstitutional behaviours in the majority of BiH cantons where the HDZ is in power, as well as in the BiH entity RS, certain Bosniak politicians are increasingly adopting the same narrative, so even from state ministers you can hear the term 'županija'. At lower levels, this has unfortunately long been practice.

All those who, therefore, support unconstitutional decisions and actions - should be publicly called out for what they do, reported to the competent judicial bodies, and above all, the urgently needed improvement, professionalisation and reform of the judicial system in the state should be carried out - at all levels - from municipal, city, cantonal, entity to state level. Because such a judicial system sucks in all other levels of government and threatens to collapse even further," added Kajan.