MAIN BOSNIAN SERB PARTY SLAMS PRESIDENT FOR CALLING FOR ABOLITION OF SERB ENTITY
SRNA - June 11, 2004

Banja Luka, 11 June: The Serb Democratic Party (SDS) condemns most strongly a statement by the Bosniak member of the Bosnia-Hercegovina Presidency and SDA (Party of Democratic Action) chairman, Sulejman Tihic, that "the existence of the Serb Republic should be reassessed", and it regards it as a continuation of a political and media campaign against the Serb Republic and the Dayton-based constitutional order in Bosnia-Hercegovina which has been waged over the past few days.

"Instead of reassessing the existence of the Serb Republic, which the SDA wants, the international community should look into anti-Dayton statements by leader Sulejman Tihic, who is working against the Dayton Agreement, peace and stability of the country which he is heading thanks to the Dayton Agreement," s statement says.

The SDS stresses that "it would be better for Tihic himself to examine the existence and role of Islamic warriors, who came at the invitation of top SDA officials during the last war," the statement stresses.

The SDS notes that Tihic's anti-Dayton statements must not remain unpunished and that "Tihic and all those thinking like him should be told once more that the Serb Republic exists because the Serb people wanted it to".

"Its existence cannot be brought into question and it will never depend on the will of individuals regardless of their national or political affiliation," the statement says.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1348 gmt 11 Jun 04

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