Political Scientist, working on elections, democracy , ethnic politics, Central & Eastern Europe.
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Aug 28, 2023 β’ 9 tweets β’ 3 min read
Judicial-political earthquake for Bosnia-Herzegovina: the press leaked a supposed new #ECHR trial. A thread.
Supposedly: 1. The ethno-territorial district for the presidential elections needs to be abolished.
istraga.ba/nova-presuda-sβ¦2. The ethno-territorial districts for the elections of the House of the People (2nd chamber) need to be abolished.
Jointly with earlier decisions, such a court ruling sets a challenging framework for institutional reforms, and little space of manoeuvre. A few thoughts....