Following a number of consultations within the party's governing bodies, recently re-elected party leader Tihic asked Sadovic to step down based on "obstruction in passing and implementing the law on residence and movement of foreign nationals and asylum, his ministry working on ethnically-based lines, ignoring the Council of Ministers, and challenging of the EU Police Mission's mandate in the country".
Posle više konsultacija u unutarstranačkim telima, nedavno ponovo izabrani šef stranke Tihić zatražio je od Sadovića da se povuče zbog "opstrukcije u donošenju i sprovođenju zakona o boravku i kretanju stranih državljana i azilu, jer je njegovo ministarstvo radilo po etničkoj liniji, ignorišući Savet ministara i protivno mandatu policijske misije EU u zemlji".