“Yes, I will. I must continue, I cannot stop now,” Komšić said in a programme of the commercial Face TV channel on Saturday when asked by the programme’s host whether he would run for office again.
He said he would be the candidate of his party, the Democratic Front, and that he did not know if any large party would support him. “They all have their own policies and they must have candidates for this most important office.”
Komšić said his candidacy was motivated by his struggle for a political concept in which people in Bosnia and Herzegovina would be recognised as individuals.
Komšić has been elected as the Croat representative three times. The country’s election law allows two consecutive terms on the presidency, so he is entitled to seek another term.
His election angered the parties gathered within the Croatian National Assembly claiming that he was elected by Bosniaks and not Croats whose interests he was supposed to represent. That’s why they insist that the present election law be amended to ensure legitimate representation.
Under the election law, the presidency consists of one Croat and one Bosniak from the Croat-Bosniak Federation entity and one Serb from the Republika Srpska entity.
The European Court of Human Rights has found in five of its rulings that this provision is discriminatory because it limits suffrage to ethnic affiliation and place of residence while preventing members of ethnic minorities and other groups from running for the presidency.
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