BEIJING, Mar. 30 -- The international high representative in Bosnia has sacked one of the country's three co-presidents who had stayed on in office despite being charged with corruption.

    Paddy Ashdown told a news conference in Sarajevo that Dragan Covic will stand down immediately.

    State prosecutors have indicted him and six other Bosnian Croats for customs evasion, corruption and abuse of office.

    Covic was the Bosnian-Croat representative in the presidency. He said last week he would not resign unless he was found guilty.

    The Dayton peace accord that ended the Bosnian war in 1995 gives the high representative the power to fire government officials.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)