Announcing his decision, Inzko said the logic behind it was that "not extending the internationals in the department for war crimes could have serious consequences for the ongoing trials." This, he added, could endanger the closure strategy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and "most seriously mean that the witnesses would have to repeat their painful testimony once again in front of the accused".
Priopćavajući svoju odluku, Inzko je kazao kako je logika bila da bi "neproduljenje mandata strancima u odjelu za ratne zločine moglo imati ozbiljne posljedice za tekuća suđenja". To bi, dodao je, moglo ugroziti strategiju zatvaranja Međunarodnog kaznenog suda za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ) i "najozbiljnije značiti kako bi svjedoci morali ponavljati svoja bolna svjedočenja ispred optuženika".