SRPSKA'S DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE SCARES POLITICAL SARAJEVO

The behavior of political Sarajevo since the end of the civil war can be characterized as mistaken, failed, and ineffective, and it is now gradually beginning to acknowledge that it is "somewhat stunned" by the latest global, European, and regional developments.

By Milorad GUTALJ

ZVORNIK, FEBRUARY 6 /SRNA/ - The diplomatic offensive of the Republika Srpska leadership has to some extent opened the eyes of Sarajevo's political establishment, which, fearing it could lose more than it realizes, has suddenly begun to defend the Dayton Peace Agreement.

Recognizing that there is no end to a Sarajevo judicial farce and to the ever-increasing imposition of the yoke of occupation on the Serb people, the leadership of Republika Srpska launched a diplomatic offensive, from Israel, through Hungary, to the United States, to better position Republika Srpska on the international stage.

The primary goal of this diplomatic offensive is to inform global centers of power about the true state of political relations in BiH, violations of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the unlawful stripping of competences from Republika Srpska, the implementation of judicial practices without justice, and, above all, about the defense of the Dayton Peace Agreement in its original form.

The behavior of political Sarajevo since the end of the civil war can be characterized as mistaken, failed, and ineffective, and it is now gradually beginning to acknowledge on its own that it is "somewhat stunned" by the latest global, European, and regional developments.

Political Sarajevo is now rather timidly admitting that it has made mistakes both politically and in its relations with its neighbors. This is confirmed by assessments in certain Federation-based media stating that "political Sarajevo is stunned and on the defensive, while the SNSD and HDZ are lobbying and intensifying their activities to achieve their objectives".

These days, the Sarajevo press reports that "lobbying can influence the tone of international discussions and the diplomatic approaches of Washington or Brussels," but also that "a few lobbying agreements or political contacts cannot nullify the international legal framework".

Of course, they cannot nullify the international legal framework, but they can restore it to its original form, in which there would be no transfer of competences, no Christian Schmidt, and no judges like Sena Uzunović, or, more aptly, "Sena of the law". This is precisely what frightens political Sarajevo.