The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued today a decision rejecting SNSD’s request to annul the Order of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated October 10, 2022.
The SNSD submitted a request to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the evaluation of the legality of the Order of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated October 10, 2022, which refers to the opening of bags and the re-counting of ballots by official duty at all regular polling stations for the level of president and vice president of the Republika Srpska, and proposed a postponement of the execution of the contested act.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated in its decision, among other things: “Assessing the merits of the complaint about the illegality of the order in question, this panel considered and had in mind the powers of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, not only individual provisions but the goal and meaning of the Election Law of BiH and implementing regulations. The Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina and by-laws did not even regulate this kind of situation which was the reason for the adoption of the disputed act, so in such a state of affairs, it is necessary to consider the action undertaken in the totality of the powers of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, primarily the responsibility of this commission for the entire election process. The action taken to issue the order in the aforementioned circumstances is entirely in the function of fulfilling the basic task of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to determine and publish accurate and complete election results.”
On October 26, 2022, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a Decision rejecting SNSD’s request to postpone the execution of the Order of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated October 10, 2022, the CEC BiH announced.
