The current election campaign offers an opportunity for voters to ask politicians to justify past actions and explain how they intend to deliver on current promises, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today.
Speaking to reporters after visiting the Reumal Medical Centre in Fojnica, Mr Schwarz-Schilling noted that the medical centre “is one of the leading orthopaedic recovery facilities in the region and an example of this country’s medical excellence. It has enormous potential. But here and elsewhere in
The HR/EUSR added that, “too many people in this country are not receiving the medical treatment that they require and are entitled to. Too many people feel that they are in general shabbily treated by institutions that should be serving them. This election campaign should be about addressing such needs, as well as the nuts and bolts of health care and other sectors that directly affect the well-being of citizens.”
During his visit to Fojnica, part of a series of visits across BiH that the HR/EUSR will make in the coming weeks to highlight voter concerns, Mr Schwarz-Schilling had a meeting with Mayor Salkan Merdzanic and Municipal Assembly Speaker Vinko Protudjer. Following this he was shown round the medical centre byGeneral Manager Dr. Eldin Lokmic; he then went on to visit the Library of the Franciscan Monastery “Duha svetoga”, accompanied by the superior of the monastery, Fra. Mirko Majdandzic.
Noting that Fojnica is “a historical, cultural and architectural jewel,” the HR/EUSR added that “Fojnica, like other cities and towns all across