Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik said on Sunday that the Serb representatives were not ready to accept radical changes to the Constitution that would bring into question the existence of Republika Srpska, the Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the sake of the country's integration into the European Union.
"We cannot accept the EU integration process being used for the radical change of the constitutional arrangement and for the centralisation of the country. Republika Srpska is the guarantor of our existence, identity and prosperity in these parts where our people have lived for centuries," Dodik said at a ceremony marking Republika Srpska Day in Banja Luka.
Dodik said that only the Bosnia and Herzegovina founded on the Dayton peace agreement, with two entities and three constituent peoples, was acceptable to the Bosnian Serbs.
He accused international officials in the country of abusing their high powers, saying that Bosnia and Herzegovina was "a testing ground for a legal, political and social experiment which has been unsuccessful for many and cumbersome for all."
