In an interview published today in the Bosnian newspaper "Nezavisne Novine," U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Douglas McElhaney said Bosnia's citizens should discuss the constitution and ways it could be improved.
McElhaney said the U.S. could help in the debate to create "a functional and stable system of government." During the last few months Bosnian Muslims and Croat officials have been calling for changes to the constitution, saying the country could not function properly with the current constitution.
Both want a stronger centralized state and the abolishment of the two semi-independent states -- the Serb's Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation -- that were created under the 1995 peace agreement.
(AFP)
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McElhaney said the U.S. could help in the debate to create "a functional and stable system of government." During the last few months Bosnian Muslims and Croat officials have been calling for changes to the constitution, saying the country could not function properly with the current constitution.
Both want a stronger centralized state and the abolishment of the two semi-independent states -- the Serb's Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation -- that were created under the 1995 peace agreement.
(AFP)
For more news about Bosnia-Herzegovina, see RFE/RL's webpage News and Features on Bosnia-Herzegovina
