Opšti izbori u Bosni i Hercegovini 2018: pravni triler bez hepienda?
General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018: Legal Thriller without Happy End?

Author(s): Nedim Ademović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Public Law, Electoral systems, Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Legislation
Published by: Fondacija Centar za javno pravo
Keywords: general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
Summary/Abstract: The general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are to be held in October 2018, are questioned. Due to the failure to comply with the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina U-23/14, the incompatibility of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with the international standards of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the normative framework for elections has become so deficient that it will require very detailed analysis and reform! There is no time since the elections are coming very soon, and public officials at the state and federal level, motivated by electoral campaigns, have diametrically different attitudes. For a number of years now, the international community, aside from the media and advisory role, will not take any radical measures to enforce the solutions. It is to estimate, therefore, that blockade will occur because of the impossibility of forming power at federal and state level after the elections. This could really turn into a deep crisis of democracy, which might even come close to situation of endangering the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fortunately, for such a situation, the High Representative still has Bonn Powers, de iure and de facto!

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