He has claimed there is an imbalance of power and that when Valentin Inzko, the outgoing head of Bosnia’s office of the high representative (OHR), outlawed genocide denial this summer, it was undemocratic and symptomatic of the problem. The OHR said: “The High Representative takes the issue of glorification and war crimes very seriously. The so-called Bonn powers of 1997 also grant substantial lawmaking powers to the office of the high representative in charge of implementing the deal. Inzko, an Austrian diplomat, made genocide denial punishable by up to five years in prison in July. Várhelyi said that dealing with the genocide law was vital in order to get Dodik to recognise Inzko’s successor, who has said the region faces its biggest crisis in a quarter of a century.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2021 03:04 UTC