Beta, Balkan Insight, 5 February 2012 Former Croat President Stjepan Mesić has assessed that the Dayton Accords needs to be changed so Bosnia-Herzegovina could become a functional state. “The way that it is, Bosnia-Herzegovina is simply dysfunctional and it will stay that way as long as it is structured in accordance with the Dayton Accords and until we stop treating the agreement as a ‘holy cow’,” he wrote in an article published in Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik. According to him, Bosnia-Herzegovina is still a “sore spot” of the region. “The Dayton Accords was the only and life-saving solution when it was reached but today it is a burden that the entire Bosnia-Herzegovina is struggling under,” Mesić pointed out. He explained that the Dayton Agreement today was for some “like a buffet from which they only take what they like and they forget about the rest” and for others who openly wish the country would collapse “a smokescreen to hind behind”. The former Croat president stressed that a united and functional Bosnia-Herzegovina was of key importance for a long-term stability in the region. “I have not noticed that the meeting on Mt. Jahorina made any progress in that context,” he concluded.