Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina : Discrimination and the Non-Vote
Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina : Discrimination and the Non-Vote

Summary/Abstract: Two policemen were murdered in Sarajevo on 26. October 2018. On a rare occasion uniting the whole country, 29. October was declared a Day of Mourning in the whole of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In all other aspects, the country shows very little, if any, signs of unity. The general elections of 7. October 2018 were no exception. Thus violence, uncertainty, citizens’ lack of confidence in state institutions and criminals’ disrespect of institutions continued after the elections. In both entities, the electoral campaign was marked by mass civic protests and demands to solve the unrelated murders of two young men, one in each entity. During the protests, allegations were made that even individuals at the top levels of the power structures in the country were connected with unresolved murders.

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