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".
Saopštavajući svoju odluku, Inzko je rekao da je logika bila da bi "neprodužavanje mandata strancima u odeljenju za ratne zločine moglo imati ozbiljne posledice po tekuća suđenja". To bi, dodao je on, moglo ugroziti strategiju zatvaranja Međunarodnog krivičnog tribunala za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ) i "najozbiljnije značiti da bi svedoci morali da ponove svoja bolna svedočenja ispred optuženih".