This means they can hardly "walk out" because such a move would block the work of the City Council, and consequently, the City of Mostar. All major decisions here require a two-thirds majority, meaning that without the HDZ Club or the Coalition for Mostar, no one holds that majority. The only possibility is a blockade of these institutions' operations.
The SDA has already announced they are ready for a boycott, believing that "red lines have been crossed," while simultaneously accusing Mayor Mario Kordić of acting arbitrarily. More precisely, according to them, the issue is that he has not announced competitions for the supervisory boards of public companies, even though he was legally required to do so because their mandates are expiring. They also fault him for not announcing competitions to fill leadership positions in the City Administration of Mostar, specifically in positions where, as we were told, Bosniaks worked.
According to them, at the same time, Kordić has been extending contracts for certain leaders because they are loyal to him or come from the same political background.
The EP Property Problem The public was recently shocked by the news that the assets of Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine were registered as the property of Elektroprivreda Hrvatske zajednice Herceg Bosne. This has only continued the tensions between the SDA and HDZ in this city.
The SDA stated that the case was not handled by a civil servant, as the law requires, but by an employee on a service contract. They believe this casts additional doubt on the legality, as no cadastre worker, regardless of nationality, was willing to prepare and sign the documents. The Administrative Inspectorate, at the request of the President of the Mostar City Council, is currently looking into this matter.
This party claims it is unthinkable for them that the mayor would give up city land in favor of a public company, while particularly questioning its legality. They note that these plots contain cemeteries, private buildings, and hydroelectric plants owned by EP BiH.
Will the citizens of Mostar suffer because of all this? They probably will. The SDA's stance is firm, and they consider such behavior to be crossing red lines.
The status of the City of Mostar is very specific because this city does not function like other local self-governments but is closer, for example, to the Brčko District with a special mode of operation. The SDA Mostar Collegium is expected to meet tomorrow, where this information will be presented, and the next steps will be decided.