MURPHY CANNOT ACCEPT HE IS FORMER SO HE BRAZENLY INTERFERES IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SARAJEVO, MAY 29 /SRNA/ – Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers Staša Košarac told SRNA that former US Ambassador to BiH Michael Murphy cannot accept the fact that his term in BiH has ended and that he is no longer relevant to anyone.

Košarac stated that through remarks mentioning SNSD Leader Milorad Dodik, Murphy is merely trying to prolong his political life by attracting attention and creating an illusion of his own importance. "Science says that Histrionic Personality Disorder is a mental health condition characterized, among other things, by an irresistible, sometimes desperate need to be the centre of attention. That is the first thing that comes to my mind when reading Murphy's statement today," Košarac said, reacting to Murphy's comment, made in the context of the upcoming PIC session, that Dodik is "a man who calls into question the territorial integrity of BiH". Košarac says Murphy is thereby continuing to interfere arrogantly, unfoundedly, and entirely unnecessarily in BiH's internal affairs, leaving behind the same pattern of behaviour through which he, for years, undermined the Dayton balance and further deepened political divisions. "His clear intention is to continue the policy of systematically undermining the Dayton Peace Agreement, damaging relations among the peoples of BiH, and inflicting enormous harm on the Serb people and Republika Srpska," he warned. Košarac stressed that Murphy’s actions were never aimed at preserving the Dayton Peace Agreement or the equality of the constituent peoples, but solely at creating a unitary BiH and weakening Republika Srpska. "Instead of neutrality and diplomatic responsibility, he chose to be a political factor of destabilization. He should finally understand — he is former and relevant to no one," Košarac stated. Košarac added that Republika Srpska and its citizens clearly recognize the difference between well-intentioned diplomacy and open political agitation against one people and their legitimately elected institutions.