Croatian National Assembly

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Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatski narodni sabor Bosne i Hercegovine
AbbreviationHNS BiH
Formation28 October 2000;24 years ago (2000-10-28)
Typepolitical platform
Purposecoordinating Croatian politics
HeadquartersTrg hrvatskih velikana
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location
Official language
Croatian
Chairman of the Presidency
 Dragan Čović
Chairman of the General Secretariat
 Božo Ljubić
Main organ
General Assembly
Website hnsbih.org

The Croatian National Assembly [1] [2] (Croatian : Hrvatski narodni sabor) is a political organisation of Croat political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The organisation serves as a platform to coordinate political and cultural activities of different parties and stakeholders in the Croatian community and to promote the initiative to create a federal unit with Croatian majority ("Third entity") in the country.

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History

Croat self-government in Bosnia – a challenge for Dayton? European Centre for Minority Issues, May 2001

Bosnia Herzegovina 2001: the international community versus the Bosnian Croats BHHRG

Office of the High Representative: Chronology/Monthly Tracker 2001

In 2000, the Office of the High Representative in the country imposed amendments to the Federation entity's constitution and its electoral law. Dissatisfied Croat politicians led by Ante Jelavić and HDZ set up a separate Croatian National Assembly on 28 October in Novi Travnik, [3] held a referendum parallel to the elections and proclaimed Croat self-rule in a federal unit in Croat-majority areas in the Federation (Hrvatska samouprava - "Third entity"). The attempt ended shortly after a crackdown by SFOR and judiciary proceedings. [4]

In 2010–14 Federation's Government was formed and Federation's president appointed without the consent of Croat deputies in the House of Peoples, receiving just 5 votes of confidence out of 17. In March 2011 country's Central Election Commission declared HoP's composition and decisions to be illegal, but the High Representative Valentin Inzko suspended CEC's decision. [5] After Croatian politician Božo Ljubić filed an appeal, finally, in December 2016 Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found the election system of the deputies in the House of Peoples unconstitutional and abrogated the controversial rules. [6] Croatian National Assembly was thus reactivated in April 2011 in Mostar [7] and started pushing for the reorganization of country and Federation, the change of the electoral system and a public broadcasting system in Croatian, focused on Bosnian Croats. [8]

Political positions

Dissatisfied with the representation of Croats in the Federation, Croat political parties insist on creating a Croat-majority federal unit instead of several cantons. SDA and other Bosniak parties strongly oppose this. [9]

In the 2014 Bosnia elections, most of the parties participating in the CNA formed a joint electoral coalition to contest the entity and state parliamentary elections as well as the elections for the Croat member of the state presidency. [10] They won 14 out of 17 Croat seats in the House of Peoples in Federation's Parliament and 4 out of 5 Croat seats in the State House of Peoples, together with 19 seats in Federation's and 14 in State House of Representatives, respectively.

In January 2017, Croatian National Assembly stated that “if Bosnia and Herzegovina wants to become self-sustainable, then it is necessary to have an administrative-territorial reorganization, which would include a federal unit with a Croatian majority. It remains the permanent aspiration of the Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.” [11]

Structure

Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, used by the HNS BiH Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg
Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, used by the HNS BiH

The HNS has a 29-member Presidency, headed by Dragan Čović. HNS's 14-member General Secretariat is chaired by Božo Ljubić as the president, while Secretary-general is Josip Merdžo. The members of the General Secretariat are heads of HNS Departments. Presidency and General Secretariat are main bodies of HNS between its assembly sessions. The HNS has twelve departments. [12]

The members of HNS BiH are all Croats who are elected

Members

Political parties supporting the work of Croatian National Assembly and whose members participate in its operations are: [13]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Belloni 2008, p. 55.
  2. ↑ Tesser 2013, p. 1962.
  3. ↑ Radenko Udovičić: "Bosnia and Herzegovina: SEEKING A NEW STATUS", Network of Independent Journalists, Issue No. 197. - November 3, 2000.
  4. ↑ Interview: Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative for BiH; "I don't want the Croats in a ghetto called Third Entity", ohr.int
  5. ↑ "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Freedom in the World in 2012" Archived 2019-04-06 at the Wayback Machine , Freedom House
  6. ↑ Rose, Eleanor: "Bosnian Court Ruling Lends Weight to Croat Agitation", Balkan Insight, 15 Dec 16
  7. ↑ Eldin Hadžović: "Bosnian Croats Form National Assembly", balkaninsight, 9 Apr 2011
  8. ↑ "Croats say Bosnia's public broadcaster should be overhauled based on Swiss or Belgian model | Balkan news | News | EBL News". eblnews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ Bosnia's Future, pp. 37-8
  10. ↑ Zoran Krešić: "HNS jedina hrvatska koalicija na izborima", vecernji list, July 2014
  11. ↑ Rose, Eleanor: "Bosniaks Slap Down Calls for Bosnian Croat Entity", Balkan Insight, January 30th, 2017
  12. ↑ "Glavno vijeće", hnsbih.org. Accessed February 18th, 2017
  13. ↑ Članice, hnsbih.org

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