DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE. Why Bosnian democracy will not end this October
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE. Why Bosnian democracy will not end this October

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: Bosnian elections; Bosnian election-law reform;
Summary/Abstract: In December 2016 the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared parts of the national election law unconstitutional. Since then leading Bosnian Croat politicians have warned that this might make the implementation of the results of the upcoming October 2018 elections impossible. They claim that only a last-minute agreement on a new election law might prevent a deep crisis. These warnings are misleading. Bosnian democracy will not end in October. There is no institututional crisis. There is no reason to adopt changes to the Bosnian election law in a hurry a few months before elections. This short paper explains the background to Bosnia’s latest fake crisis – what it is about and why there is no need to intervene – in simple answers to seven questions.

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