SDP leader Nermin Niksic said after the meeting and statements he gave to reporters three days ago that it is not a likely option that he will form a government with SDA and that a solution will not be possible without the intervention of a high representative.
He clarified how the coalition from the Bosniak corps is looking at the federal level. He said that the Eight no longer exists. Niksic says that the coalition has split into two blocs, although some say they will act as the Seven.
A coalition with the SDA is not realistic, and neither is a solution for the government without the help of Schmidt.
Niksic reiterated that Christian Schmidt wanted to unblock the processes of government formation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina FBiH with his decision on election night, but he did not count on the possibility that one SDP would have a majority in the Parliament and the other SDA in the People's Caucus, and that would hinder the processes.
We can choose the leadership of the Federation. If we choose, Vice President Lendo can sign to appoint a government, which is unlikely, or he can say that he won't sign. We have open announcements from the SDA that he will not. We have a blockade, and the only mechanism for unblocking is in the hands of the Office of the High Representative OHR. We also have another scenario in which we do not elect the leadership of the Federation, and then we have everything we have now, he said.
When asked which scenario they are closest to, he answers that they do not want to be the ones who block the election of the president and vice president, even though some of them do not have the support of the parliamentary majority, alluding to Refik Lendo. If he is elected, he says he will continue to choose the candidate and the FBiH government indefinitely.
It would be much easier for Schmidt if we could reach an agreement or if the president and vice-president of the Federation would assign that mandate after demonstrating the majority. We have very clear announcements that this will not be the case. Niksic concluded that a solution will have to come with the intervention of Christian Schmidt.
There was a lot of talk about the possibility that some might start negotiating with the SDA in the previous days due to the disagreements in the Eight. Niksic says that he has not spoken to Bakir Izetbegovic and that it probably won't happen.
I won't talk to him at this time, it wouldn't be right. If this story doesn't work out, I ll talk to everyone about what's going on. I talked so far and it is not a likely option that we make a story with them because it would mean that he and I have to go over some things, according to Klix.ba.