The House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH is expected to be formed by December 3, with 16 political parties and coalitions represented in the new convocation.
The Constitution of BiH stipulates that both chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH must be convened in Sarajevo no later than 30 days after the elections; counting from the date the results were certified, the House of Representatives should be constituted by December 3.
According to the mandates determined by the Central Election Commission of BiH following the elections held on October 4, the new convocation of the House of Representatives will include six representatives from the SNSD: Srđan Amidžić, Snježana Novaković Bursać, Obren Petrović, Sanja Vulić, Sandra Erkić, and Radovan Višković.
The SDS will have two representatives, Želimir Nešković and Darko Babalj, as will the “Sigurna Srpska” (Secure Srpska) movement, represented by Branislav Borenović and Igor Radojičić.
Representing the HDZ BiH in the House of Representatives will be Predrag Kožul, Antea Čilić, Marinko Čavara, and Borjana Krišto.
The representatives from the SDA will be Šemsudin Dedić, Šerif Špago, Haris Zahiragić, Mirsad Zaimović, Refik Lendo, Melika Mahmutbegović, Muamer Zukić, Midhat Čaušević, and Mirela Avdić. The SDP will have five representatives: Albin Muslić, Saša Magazinović, Zukan Helez, Jasmin Imamović, and Azra Okić. The SBiH will be represented by Džemal Smajić, Zijad Krnjić, and Amra Švrakić; the DF by Zlatan Begić and Dženan Đonlagić; while Elmedin Konaković and Denis Zvizdić are set to take seats for the NiP.
Naša stranka, NES, the “Croatian Five” (Hrvatska petorka), “For Justice and Order” (Za pravdu i red), Ujedinjena Srpska, DNS-NPS, and DEMOS each hold one mandate, represented respectively by Sabina Ćudić, Jasmin Emrić, Ilija Cvitanović, Nenad Grković, Milan Petković, Nenad Nešić, and Nedeljko Jović.
Five of the elected representatives currently hold executive positions.
Borjana Krišto serves as Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, Elmedin Konaković as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zukan Helez as Minister of Defence, Srđan Amidžić as Minister of Finance and Treasury, and Refik Lendo as Vice President of the FBiH.
Should Borjana Krišto place her mandate on hold, Marina Pendeš – second on the HDZ BiH compensatory list – would enter the House of Representatives.
Milorad Kojić would take the place of Srđan Amidžić, having secured more than 20 percent of the votes cast for the SNSD list in Electoral Unit 1.
Zukan Helez would be replaced by Irna Imamović, who is second on the SDP list in Electoral Unit 4.
Spahija Kozlić – fourth on the SDA list in Electoral Unit 4 – would take the place of Refik Lendo. Lendo secured his mandate as the third candidate on the list, as he did not surpass the 20 percent threshold of the list’s total votes.
The situation regarding Elmedin Konaković is more complex. Denis Zvizdić, the second candidate on the NiP list in Electoral Unit 3, did surpass the 20 percent threshold; however, he is already entering parliament via the compensatory list. Based on the order on the list, the next person is Denaida Ovčina-Šabanović, though the final decision on the allocation of the mandate rests with the Central Election Commission (CIK).
According to available biographical data, the oldest elected representative is Refik Lendo; therefore, he should preside over the constitutive session until a Speaker is elected.
Should Lendo retain his position as Vice President of the FBiH and place his parliamentary mandate on hold, the session would be chaired by the next oldest representative, Obren Petrović, Srna writes.
