There is no such body in Dayton—but there is one in Sarajevo. What exactly is the Peace Implementation Council, the so-called PIC, doing in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
It is supposedly “implementing peace” in a country where there has been no war for thirty years. No surprise there—this is a land of paradoxes.
In reality, the PIC mainly implements the political interests of certain Western European countries that have traditionally held a hostile stance toward Republika Srpska and the Serb people.
On top of that, the ambassadors who sit on its Steering Board routinely interfere in the internal affairs of a state in which they are merely temporary guests. And given that everything operates under the direction of Christian Schmidt, their intentions become entirely clear.
“We have not been able to free ourselves from the guardianship and tutorship of more than 40 foreign countries and around 16 international organizations for 30 years,” said legal expert Radomir Lukić.
With one sentence, the university professor and academician summed up what Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, and the ambassadors gathered around him in this so-called Peace Implementation Council truly represent. Rather than promoting peace, they undermine it through imposed decisions, laws, and political persecution of duly elected leaders.
The much-touted PIC has effectively turned into a group of ambassadors from select Western countries who clearly wish to govern Bosnia and Herzegovina themselves.
Source: RTRS
