Leaders of old divisions likely to win Bosnia election
Supporters of Muslim Bosniak nationalists celebrate, as partial results show them ahead in Bosnia's presidential election.
The three-person leadership looks likely to be shared with two other nationalist groups from the Orthodox Christian Serbs and Catholic Croats.
Bosniak leader Bakir Izetbegovic is playing down the differences between them.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bosnian) INCUMBENT BOSNIAK MEMBER OF TRIPARTITE PRESIDENCY AND LEADER OF PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC ACTION (SDA), BAKIR IZETBEGOVIC, SAYING:
"Let's not rush with coalition speculations. In any case, those who are ready will make an almost identical programme about the most essential issues, like moving Bosnia and Herzegovina out of a reform standstill, and putting it on the path of EU and NATO integration, put up a determined fight against corruption and crime and, most of all, an energetic revival of the economy and creation of jobs."
Power-sharing between the three sides is part a system intended to heal the d
The three-person leadership looks likely to be shared with two other nationalist groups from the Orthodox Christian Serbs and Catholic Croats.
Bosniak leader Bakir Izetbegovic is playing down the differences between them.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bosnian) INCUMBENT BOSNIAK MEMBER OF TRIPARTITE PRESIDENCY AND LEADER OF PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC ACTION (SDA), BAKIR IZETBEGOVIC, SAYING:
"Let's not rush with coalition speculations. In any case, those who are ready will make an almost identical programme about the most essential issues, like moving Bosnia and Herzegovina out of a reform standstill, and putting it on the path of EU and NATO integration, put up a determined fight against corruption and crime and, most of all, an energetic revival of the economy and creation of jobs."
Power-sharing between the three sides is part a system intended to heal the d
Category
🗞
News