What are High Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina for?
Why is the High Representative in BiH called 'High' when there are no 'medium' and 'low' representatives? True, 'low representative' exists in the jargon of witty Sarajevans, who so title their politicians who aggressively 'suck up' to foreigners. A possible explanation for the attribution 'high' in the case of Bosnia can be explained by the fact that it masks a person of the lowest professional, political, and moral performance. Everyone will immediately think of Schmidt, but he is only the most dramatic manifestation of the same essence. Westendorp already assessed the Bonn powers as contrary to Dayton, but he was the first to apply them.
TL;DR
- The title 'High Representative' in Bosnia and Herzegovina is questioned, as there are no 'medium' or 'low' representatives.
- The term 'low representative' is used colloquially in Sarajevo for politicians who excessively appease foreigners.
- The 'high' title might be used to conceal individuals with poor professional, political, and moral performance.
- Christian Schmidt is presented as a dramatic example of this, but not the only one.
- Westendorp previously described the Bonn powers as contrary to the Dayton Agreement but was the first to use them.