Day after day, crisis after crisis. State coalition at the crossroads. In the next seven days, a new Proposal for the Electoral Law, limited by Christian Schmidt’s amendments, should be submitted to the parliamentary procedure. On Monday, the meeting of the Council of Ministers is a possible first step towards an agreement. He has the will to try to find a solution. But will there be success?
In the people – bread over the cake, in the state – by blackmail to the desired position. Provisions valid, not appropriate:
“If we are going to continue to be a banana country, I am not in favor of that, let whoever is in favor of that say it publicly,” said Marinko Čavara, chairman of the House of Representatives of the PSBiH.
“The best solution – a new electoral law that would resolve all issues,” said SNSD president Milorad Dodik.
We count the new law in terms of quantity, because there are no essential changes. So far, none has succeeded in reconciling all parties, and the latest attempt brings additional complications.
The deadline by which certain articles of the Schmidt law could be changed has passed. Desires now follow – procedures.
“In order to change the Electoral Law, it means that the Electoral Law of High Representative Christian Schmidt must be adopted and only then go into amendments to that law, or there is a variant that the Council of Ministers can work on a completely new Electoral Law that would put Schmidt’s outside strength”, explains Denis Zvizdić, representative in the House of Representatives of PSBiH.
The first version would open up the possibility of additional blockages. Partners are untrustworthy, so the second option is more likely. However, the starting positions remained the same. Legitimacy, CEC and devolution.
“The legality of the electoral process would ensure the legitimacy of representation through civil representation, that is the essence. Not if it says that he should be a Croat to be elected by Bosniaks. It is false representation,” says Čavara.
“Difficult questions remain, the CEC’s position must be resolved,” said Dodik.
Therefore, it is unacceptable for partners from the Federation. Their priorities remain technical changes and transparency. More specifically, what we already have with Schmidt’s provisions.
“Derogation of that law is absolutely unacceptable for us, I’m afraid that in that way we would also derogate the role of the high representative”, says Predrag Kojović, a representative in the House of Representatives of the PSBiH.
“I don’t want to say that it is not possible, if the Council of Ministers makes a real effort and if there is enough political readiness and will in it, to draft an Election Law that will respect priority number one of the 14 priorities of the European Commission,” says Zvizdić.
For the opposition, any new talks mean the withdrawal of the Troika in the face of HDZ and SNSD demands. Europe asked for integrity, Schmidt delivered.
“Returning again to topics that Milorad Dodik or Dragan Čović will insist on – we believe that this is a strategic mistake and that in this way the role of the high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina is derogated from and humiliated”, said Safet Kešo, a representative in the House of Representatives. PSBiH.
This view is not shared by the OHR. The slogan domestic is better, but the note is clear: the new solution must not deviate from the imposed solution.
“If they don’t reach an agreement, I still stick to the amendments I made when it comes to the Electoral Law,” said Christian Schmidt, the high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The existing Election Law has been amended more than twenty times. Obviously not enough. Well, one more round.
“They look like the American movie ‘Endless Day’ – we keep spinning in the same matrix, and we have no way out,” says political analyst Danijel Vidović.
There is little time left to go out. The elections will be announced at the beginning of May, and then there is no going back. Tactical games, but with an expiration date, Federalna writes.
