IMPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM? The Case for Ownership. A Discussion Paper
IMPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM? The Case for Ownership. A Discussion Paper

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Governance, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: transformation iin Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Summary/Abstract: Now that the prospects of an immediate agreement on implementing the Constitutional Court’s decision on constituent peoples are receding, the High Representative and the PIC Steering Board need to decide whether to use the High Representative’s authority to impose a package of amendments to the Entity constitutions. … Among Bosnian politicians and the Sarajevo-based press, this issue has been presented in terms of the “legacy” of the departing High Representative – his last opportunity to bequeath a multi-ethnic system of government to the Bosnian people. They have dared him to impose far reaching changes, particularly in Republika Srpska, or else leave behind an important job unfinished. … This paper argues that the tough decision is to resist these pressures and refrain from imposition.

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